DramaScience FictionRomance

The Beast

- You remember, don't you? That we have already met?

In the near future where emotions have become a threat, Gabrielle finally decides to purify her DNA in a machine that will immerse her in her past lives and rid her of any strong feelings. She then meets Louis and feels a powerful connection, as if she had known him forever.

Release Date : 2024-02-07

Language :FrenchEnglish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Les films du BélierMy New PictureSons of ManualARTE France CinémaAMIJamal Zeinal Zade

Production Country : FranceCanada

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Gabrielle

Original Name : Léa Seydoux

Gender : Female

Character Name : Louis

Original Name : George MacKay

Gender : Male

Character Name : Poupée Kelly

Original Name : Guslagie Malanda

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dakota

Original Name : Dasha Nekrasova

Gender : Female

Character Name : Georges

Original Name : Martin Scali

Gender : Male

Character Name : La voyante

Original Name : Elina Löwensohn

Gender : Female

Character Name : Gina

Original Name : Marta Hoskins

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sophie

Original Name : Julia Faure

Gender : Female

Character Name : Tom

Original Name : Kester Lovelace

Gender : Male

Character Name : Augustin

Original Name : Félicien Pinot

Gender : Male

Character Name : L'architecte

Original Name : Laurent Lacotte

Gender : Male

Character Name : Paul Poiret

Original Name : Pierre-François Garel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Femme bal 1910

Original Name : Céline Carrère

Gender : Male

Character Name : Anton

Original Name : Lukas Ionesco

Gender : Male

Character Name : Femme bal 1910

Original Name : Hortense Gelinet

Gender : Female

Character Name : Femme bal 1910

Original Name : Pauline Jacquard

Gender : Female

Character Name : Femme bal 1910

Original Name : Alice Barnole

Gender : Female

Character Name : Le barman clubs

Original Name : Théo Hakola

Gender : Male

Character Name : Homme club 1972

Original Name : Antoine Barraud

Gender : Male

Character Name : Femme clubs

Original Name : Dejana Poposka

Gender : Male

Character Name : Femme clubs

Original Name : Galice Cassagnes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Femme clubs

Original Name : Isabelle Prim

Gender : Female

Character Name : Femme clubs

Original Name : Veronica Szawarska

Gender : Male

Character Name : Femme clubs

Original Name : Lottie Andersen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Homme clubs

Original Name : Matthias El Koulali

Gender : Male

Character Name : Assistant réalisateur pub sécurité routière

Original Name : Tom Neal

Gender : Male

Character Name : Femme pub sécurité routière

Original Name : Tiffany Hofstetter

Gender : Female

Character Name : Homme pub sécurité routière

Original Name : Dimitri Michelsen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Homme pub sécurité routière

Original Name : Rémi Canaple

Gender : Male

Character Name : Femme casting mannequins

Original Name : Yazmine Van Deventer

Gender : Female

Character Name : Homme casting mannequins

Original Name : Jean-Baptiste Heuet

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chanteur émission karaoké

Original Name : Thomas Hayward

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chanteur émission karaoké

Original Name : Andrew Eldridge

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chanteur émission karaoké

Original Name : Marc Reed

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chanteur émission karaoké

Original Name : Barry Johnson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Système intelligence artificielle (voice)

Original Name : Xavier Dolan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Denver (voice)

Original Name : Adam Carage

Gender : Male

Character Name : Réalisateur fond vert (voice)

Original Name : Bertrand Bonello

Gender : Male

Character Name : Voix service sécurité (voice)

Original Name : Doug Rand

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doublure piano

Original Name : Gianna Salguerio

Gender : Male

Character Name : Danseur club (uncredited)

Original Name : Jiselle Henderkott

Gender : Male

Character Name : Danseur club (uncredited)

Original Name : Joa Jappont

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-03-09

Though it's really way too long, I did rather enjoy the developing chemistry here between Léa Seydoux ("Gabrielle") and George MacKay's "Louis". The story isn't really structured, it's all largely dictated from her consciousness lounging in the bath of Guinness no longer needed by "Baron Harkkonen" where she is having her DNA cleansed. This is ostensibly to make her life happier and more fulfilled, to take the rough edges off disappointment and pain - and generally to turn her into a rather soporific drone. The thing is, whilst plugged in and gently soaking we discover that her brain isn't co-operating with the process and that she is having very lifelike fantasies - historical, contemporary and futuristic with the handsome and enigmatic "Louis". The story in itself isn't really up to very much. It's an episodic jaunt through what is/was/might be their lives - together and apart. What does work well is the ambiguity. The sense that artificial intelligence, either working on it's own or at the behest of humanity, can rearrange our thoughts and our memories. It can create as convincingly as it can delete comprehensively - and all because there is a sense that emotions are unpredictable, unreliable and therefore a threat to the stability of a new "natural order". The dialogue can meander into the realms of psycho-babble now and again which does detract from the subtle but clear thrust of the narrative, but it is actually quite a scary prognosis of what might become fact if we are not careful to protect what is real and important.