The Beast (2023 film)

The Beast
Theatrical release poster
FrenchLa Bête
Directed byBertrand Bonello
Screenplay byBertrand Bonello
Story by
  • Bertrand Bonello[1]
  • Benjamin Charbit
  • Guillaume Bréaud
Based onThe Beast in the Jungle
by Henry James
Produced by
  • Justin Taurand
  • Bertrand Bonello
Starring
CinematographyJosée Deshaies
Edited byAnita Roth
Music by
  • Bertrand Bonello
  • Anna Bonello
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 3 September 2023 (2023-09-03) (Venice)
  • 7 February 2024 (2024-02-07) (France)
  • 19 April 2024 (2024-04-19) (Canada)
Running time
145 minutes[4]
Countries
  • France
  • Canada
Languages
  • French[5]
  • English
Budget€7.5 million[6][7]
Box office$824,382[8][9]

The Beast (French: La Bête) is a 2023 science fiction romantic drama film directed and written by Bertrand Bonello from a story he co-wrote with Guillaume Bréaud and Benjamin Charbit. A co-production between France and Canada, the film is loosely based on Henry James's 1903 novella The Beast in the Jungle. It stars Léa Seydoux and George MacKay, with Guslagie Malanda, Dasha Nekrasova, Martin Scali, Elina Löwensohn, Marta Hoskins, Julia Faure, Kester Lovelace, Félicien Pinot and Laurent Lacotte in supporting roles.

The Beast had its world premiere on 3 September 2023 at the 80th Venice International Film Festival as part of the official competition. The film was released theatrically in France on 7 February 2024 by Ad Vitam and in Canada on 19 April by Maison 4:3.[10][8]

  1. ^ "La Bête" (in French). Ad Vitam. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  2. ^ Lemercier, Fabien (22 August 2022). "Bertrand Bonello is shooting The Beast". Cineuropa. Archived from the original on 26 August 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  3. ^ "ARTE France Cinéma coproduit les prochains films de Sophie Letourneur et Bertrand Bonello et le premier long métrage de Emmanuelle Nicot" [ARTE France Cinéma is co-producing the next films by Sophie Letourneur and Bertrand Bonello and the first feature film by Emmanuelle Nicot] (in French). Arte. 14 February 2021. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  4. ^ "The Beast". Toronto International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 25 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
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  6. ^ Vely, Yannick (20 June 2023). "Bertrand Bonello : "Le discours de Justine Triet était d'une grande évidence"" [Bertrand Bonello: "Justine Triet's speech was very obvious"]. Paris Match (in French).
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  8. ^ a b "The Beast (2023)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  9. ^ "La Bête (2024)". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  10. ^ Vivarelli, Nick (25 July 2023). "Venice Lineup Includes Films by Bradley Cooper, Sofia Coppola, Ava DuVernay, David Fincher and More". Variety.