Name: La Belle et la Bete
Brand: Jean Cocteau

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

BFIB1308

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Format multiplier

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Film GB

Blu-ray

Limited edition

Release date

2022-01-07

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Trinity Creative Partnership

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

5035673013083

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1 / Blu-ray / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Jean Cocteau

Genre GB

World Cinema

Label GB

BFI is a film and charitable organisation based in the United Kingdom. They are dedicated to promoting and preserving filmmaking and television in the country. With their extensive collection, they maintain the world's largest film archive known as the BFI National Archive. This archive has been previously referred to by different names over the years, including National Film Library, National Film Archive, and National Film and Television Archive. In addition to their archival work, BFI also operates two prominent venues in London - BFI Southbank (formerly known as the National Film Theatre) and London IMAX cinema. These locations offer an immersive cinematic experience for movie enthusiasts.

La Belle et la bête is a landmark feat of cinematic fantasy in which master filmmaker Jean Cocteau conjures spectacular visions of enchantment, desire and death that have never been equalled.

Josette Day is luminous yet feisty as Beauty, and Jean Marais gives one of his best performances as the Beast, at once brutal and gentle, rapacious and vulnerable, shamed and repelled by his own bloodlust. Henri Alekan’s subtle black and white cinematography combine with Christian Bérard’s masterly costumes and set designs to create a magical piece of cinema, a children’s fairy tale refashioned into a stylised and highly sophisticated dream.

The BFI is proud to present this world cinema classic in High Definition for the first time in the UK. This new 4K restoration is sourced from the SNC/Groupe M6 and the Cinémathèque Français.

La Belle et la Bete

Film GB