DVD & Blu-ray: THE BEAST / LA BETE (2023) Starring Lea Seydoux and George MacKay

Codec: MPEG-2
Resolution: 480i
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1, 1.33:1
Encoding Format: 16:9
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only)

Product Description: By the year 2044, artificial intelligence reigns, and human emotions are a liability that must be surgically removed to produce a more pliant workforce. But this procedure triggers Gabrielle (Léa Seydoux) to experience haunting memories of her past lives, as she encounters different incarnations of her paramour, Louis (George MacKay), first in belle epoque Paris and then in 2014 Los Angeles. As she once more undergoes the pains and pleasures of romance—and rediscovers what it means to be truly alive—Gabrielle awaits the erasure of her humanity with growing fascination and dread. In his most ambitious film yet, visionary director Bertrand Bonello freely adapts Henry James’s novella The Beast in the Jungle into a visually stunning science-fiction labyrinth that is as metaphysically mysterious as it is emotionally powerful. Powered by Seydoux’s heartrending performance, The Beast poignantly imagines the consequences of humankind becoming too afraid to risk the inherent vulnerability of love.

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Director: Bertrand Bonello

Starring: Léa Seydoux, George MacKay, Philippe Katerine

Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi

Runtime: 146 min

Rating: Not Rated

Language: French, English

Studio: Criterion

Home Video Release Date: December 10, 2024