The Beautiful Beast

The Beautiful Beast
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French	La Belle bête
Directed by	Karim Hussain
Written by	Marie-Claire Blais Julien Fonfrède Karim Hussain
Based on	Mad Shadows (La Belle bête) by Marie-Claire Blais
Produced by	Anne Cusson Julien Fonfrède Karim Hussain
Starring	Carole Laure Caroline Dhavernas Marc-André Grondin
Cinematography	Karim Hussain
Edited by	Éric Lavoie
Music by	David Kristian
Production companies	Equinox Productions Screen Machine
Distributed by	Equinoxe Films
Release date	October 11, 2006 (2006-10-11) (Sitges)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	French

The Beautiful Beast (French: La Belle bête) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Karim Hussain and released in 2006.^[1] An adaptation of Marie-Claire Blais's 1959 novel Mad Shadows (La Belle bête), the film centres on a dysfunctional family headed by single mother Louise (Carole Laure), who has an abusive relationship with her children Patrice (Marc-André Grondin) and Isabelle-Marie (Caroline Dhavernas).^[2]

The cast also includes David La Haye, Sébastien Huberdeau, Ludivine Reding, Normand Lévesque, Nicolas Girard Deltruc and Richard Tassé.

The film premiered on October 11, 2006 at the Sitges Film Festival, before going into general release in Quebec on November 3.^[3]

Patrick Watson and Dhavernas received a Genie Award nomination for Best Original Song at the 27th Genie Awards in 2007, for the song "Trace-moi".^[4]

References

1. Isabel Massé, "La belle bête : mal apprivoisée". La Presse, November 4, 2006.
2. Brendan Kelly, "La Belle bete creates the twisted family, but not the tension". Montreal Gazette, November 3, 2006.
3. "AFM: Karim Hussain's THE BEAUTIFUL BEAST (LA BELLE BÊTE)". Screen Anarchy, September 30, 2006.
4. "The Rocket, Bon Cop lead Canada's Genie nominations". Screen Daily, January 9, 2007.

External links

• The Beautiful Beast at IMDb