The Beast (1975) ( La Bête )

The Beast (1975) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: La Bête
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
98 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.66:1)

Special Features:
Documentary
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Scene Access
Short Film
Trailer(s)
Booklet
Remastered
Blu-Ray & DVD Combo

Movie filmed in 1975 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Walerian Borowczyk

Written By:
Walerian Borowczyk

Actors:
Sirpa Lane ..... Romilda de l'Esperance
Lisbeth Hummel ..... Lucy Broadhurst
Elisabeth Kaza ..... Virginia Broadhurst
Pierre Benedetti ..... Mathurin de l'Esperance
Guy Tréjan ..... Pierre de l'Esperance
Roland Armontel ..... Priest
Marcel Dalio ..... Duc De Balo (as Dalio)
Robert Capia ..... Clarisse De l'Esperance
Pascale Rivault
Hassane Fall
Anna Baldaccini
Thierry Bourdon
Mathieu Rivollier
Julien Hanany
Marie Testanière

Synopsis:

Originally turned down flat by the British Board of Film Censors and initially released exclusively in London in a version heavily cut by its nervous distributor, The Beast is Walerian Borowczyk s most notorious film, although it s much wittier and more playful than its subject matter might suggest. Lucy Broadhurst (Lisbeth Hummel) is due to inherit a substantial fortune, but on condition that she marries the son of her late father s best friend. But Mathurin de l Espérance (Pierre Benedetti) seems more interested in his horses than in his bride-to-be, and when Lucy finds out about the story of his 18th-century ancestor Romilda (Sirpa Lane) and brings her to life in one of the most outrageous dream sequences in cinema history, we begin to realise just how bizarre Mathurin s bloodline truly is. Receiving its Blu-ray world premiere, this new high-definition restoration by Argos Films is supported by the original short-film version of The Beast, and Venus on the Half-Shell (1975), Borowczyk s portrait of the painter Bona Tibertelli de Pisis and her erotic fusions of men, women and molluscs

In this story, a young nobleman with an unusually strong interest in horse-breeding is being prepared to marry the wealthy niece of an American Cardinal. (Noble families which are growing impoverished try to marry off their younger generations to the heirs of wealthy commoners.) When the girl arrives at the nobleman's family mansion the day before the wedding, she is shown around the house and its treasures and is told the story of an ancestor's legendary battle against a beast. That night, she dreams of an erotic encounter with a man/beast which culminates in the death of the beast. On awakening, she finds that she has been in bed with her fiancé, who is now dead. When mysterious bandages on his person are removed, he is seen to have a tail and one hand which has turned animal-like.

An American heiress, staying at the chateau of a marquise whose son she's about to marry, comes across an erotic diary from the 18th century.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 15 March, 2015.

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