Christophe Gans : 2014
Beauty and the Beast
Il était une fois... It is the year 1720. A shipwreck spells financial ruin for a wealthy merchant who is father to three daughters and three sons. The family moves to the country where they now live in impoverished circumstances. Only the youngest, the lovely Belle, is enthusiastic about rural life. But fate strikes yet again when the father, stumbling across a magical domain, plucks a rose for Belle in an enchanted garden and is sentenced to death by the château's owner, la Bête. Feeling responsible for the terrible fate which has befallen her family, fearless Belle offers to go instead to the château and lay down her life for her father. Once there she meets not death but a strange existence full of magic, luxury and sadness. Every evening without exception, Belle has dinner with la Bête. And every night she finds herself visited by dreams that portray la Bête's sad story. The beast begins to feel more and more drawn towards the beautiful young woman, who uses all her courage to discover the truth about the evil curse which torments her strange admirer. In Christophe Gans's adaption of the classic fairy tale, the story centres on Belle's initiation process and her transition from child to woman. The film screened at Berlin International Film Festival 2014.
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