Beauty and the Beast (2014)

Directors:

Christophe Gans

Writers:

Christophe Gans, Sandra Vo-Anh

Actors:

Thomas Hacikoglu, Nora Hütz, Richard Sammel, Max Volkert Martens, Gotthard Lange, Marie Gruber

Synopsis:

Beauty and the Beast is the adaptation of a story by Madame de Villeneuve. Published anonymously in 1740 as La Jeune Américaine et les contes marins, it paints a portrait of Belle, a joyful and touching young girl who falls in love with the Beast, a cursed creature in search of love and redemption. In 1760, a condensed children’s version was published. It was from this version that Jean Cocteau and then Walt Disney drew their famous adaptations. Overshadowed, the original version by Ma...
  • Romance
  • Fantasy
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76

Beauty and the Beast (2014)

Visually stunning, and worth watching only for that. Quite poor acting performances. Why is it I always feel a movie's a comedy when watching French actors perform? Such theatrical acts.
September 28, 2014