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.
1946 | 1 h 33 min
Director: Jean Cocteau René Clément
Stars: Jean Marais
