Manchester
The Beast
Visually audacious director Bertrand Bonello (Saint Laurent, Nocturama) fashions his most accomplished film to date: a sci-fi epic, inspired by Henry James' turn-of-the-century novella, suffused with mounting dread and a haunting sense of mystery.
Punctuated by a career-defining, three-role performance by Léa Seydoux, La Bête poignantly conveys humanity's struggle against dissociative identity and emotionless existence.
The year is 2044: artificial intelligence controls all facets of a stoic society as humans routinely "erase" their feelings.
Hoping to eliminate pain caused by their past-life romances, Gabrielle (Léa Seydoux) continually falls in love with different incarnations of Louis (George MacKay).
Set first in Belle Époque-era Paris, Louis is a British man who woos her away from a cold husband, then in early 21st Century Los Angeles, he is a disturbed American bent on delivering violent "retribution."
Will the process allow Gabrielle to fully connect with Louis in the present, or are the two doomed to repeat their previous fates?
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