Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast (1946)

La Belle et la Bête
"Once upon a time…"
ThumbScore
👍 80%
Critics Score
🎬 94% (RT: 96%, MC: 92)
DramaFantasyRomance
Director
Jean Cocteau
Runtime
1h 36m
Country
France
Language
French
TMDB Votes
655
Rotten Tomatoes
96%
Metacritic
92
Overview
The story of a gentle-hearted beast in love with a simple and beautiful girl. She is drawn to the repellent but strangely fascinating Beast, who tests her fidelity by giving her a key, telling her that if she doesn't return it to him by a specific time, he will die of grief. She is unable to return the key on time, but it is revealed that the Beast is the genuinely handsome one. A simple tale of tragic love that turns into a surreal vision of death, desire, and beauty.
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