The Beast (French: La Bête) is a 2023 French-Canadian science fiction romantic drama film directed and written by Bertrand Bonello from a story he co-wrote with Guillaume Bréaud and Benjamin Charbit. It is loosely based on Henry James’s 1903 novella The Beast in the Jungle. It stars Léa Seydoux and George MacKay, with Guslagie Malanda and Dasha Nekrasova in supporting roles.
It is a co-production of France and Canada. The film is produced by Les Films du Bélier and Bonello’s My New Picture in collaboration with Arte France Cinéma, AMI Paris, and Xavier Dolan and Nancy Grant’s Sons of Manual. The project was announced in 2021. Principal photography took place in Paris and Los Angeles between August and October 2022.
The Beast had its world premiere on 3 September 2023 at the 80th Venice International Film Festival as part of the official competition, and was released theatrically in France on 7 February 2024 by Ad Vitam. It was scheduled to be released in Canada on 19 April by Maison 4:3.[8]
Plot[edit]
In 2044, artificial intelligence has taken over most of the jobs in the world, as humans are deemed useless and incapable of making decisions due to their emotions. Some humans have undergone a process to purify their DNA. They enter their past lives to rid them of any strong emotions so that they can find better jobs.
Gabrielle is a young woman who feels aimless at her job, where she reads the temperature of data cores. She decides to purify her DNA so that she may find a more fulfilling job. On one of these trips to the centre, she meets a man, Louis, and they are instantly drawn to each other.
The first time she tries the purification process, she is brought into a past life in 1910 France. Gabrielle is an acclaimed pianist and owns a dollmaking factory with her husband, Georges. She runs into Louis one night at a salon. Despite Gabrielle being married, the two rekindle a connection and begin spending more time together. She invites him to visit the factory. While visiting, the factory floods and a fire breaks out due to the highly flammable material of the dolls. Louis and Gabrielle try to escape through a back entrance but drown in the attempt.
When Gabrielle wakes up in 2044, she is taken home by a “doll”, Kelly, who is charged to look after her until she can return for a second treatment. Kelly takes her to a club, which is themed after eras such as the 70s and 80s, where she runs into Louis again. He tells her he is still hesitant about undergoing the surgery and losing the ability to feel.
Gabrielle returns for a second round of surgery, where she experiences a past life taking place in 2014, where she is a model and actress. Louis is an incel, who films himself complaining that he is still a virgin. He spots Gabrielle coming out of a club and stalks her to the house she is staying in, but does not approach her. One day, during an earthquake, Gabrielle approaches him and asks him to walk her home, but he rebuffs her. Later she hears the song, “Evergreen”, on TV, and begins to cry.
Waking in 2044, Gabrielle revisits the club, but cannot find Louis. She questions why she cried at the song. The next day, she returns for a third round of purification, returning to her life in 2014.
In 2014, Louis breaks into the house with a gun, planning on killing Gabrielle. She hides in a bedroom and pleads with him through the door. She tries to reason that Louis doesn’t actually want to kill her, and attempts to open the door. Louis shoots and kills her.
Upon waking, she is told by the AI that she is one of the 0.7% of the population where the surgery doesn’t work. She goes home but decides to reach out to Louis. They meet at the club, where Gabrielle expresses her happiness at seeing him. They dance together to “Evergreen”, and Louis tells her that they listened to it “so much when it first came out”. Realizing that Louis has seen their past lives by undergoing the surgery, and can no longer feel in the same way, Gabrielle collapses to her knees and screams in anguish.
In a mid-credits scene, the medium calls out to Gabrielle not to go into the room of purification, and then a gunshot is heard.
https://vegamovies3.com/download-the-beast-2024-hindi-dubbed-org-french-480p-720p-1080p-bluray/