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Directed by | Christophe Gans |
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Based on | Beauty and the Beast by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve |
Produced by | Richard Grandpierre |
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Cinematography | Christophe Beaucarne |
Edited by | Sébastien Prangère |
Music by | Pierre Adenot |
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Running time | 112 minutes[1] |
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Language | French |
Budget | €35 million[2] |
Box office | US$47.4 million[3] |
Beauty and the Beast (French: La Belle et la Bête) is a 2014 romantic fantasy film based on the traditional fairy tale of the same name by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve. Written by Christophe Gans and Sandra Vo-Anh and directed by Gans, the film stars Léa Seydoux as Belle and Vincent Cassel as the Beast.[4]
The film was screened out of competition at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival[5] and was released in France on 12 February 2014 to generally mixed-to-negative reviews, yet was a box office success. It was nominated for the People's Choice Award for Best European Film at the 27th European Film Awards.[6][7] It also received three nominations at the 40th César Awards, winning Best Production Design for Thierry Flamand.[8][9]