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La Belle Et La Bete  (1946)

Movie Information

Genre             : Drama / Fantasy
Theatre Release   : September 1946 (Cannes Film Festival)
DVD Release Date  : 11/19/2001 (R2 PAL)
SChiZO Release    : 04/12/2002
Runtime           : 90 Minutes
IMDB URL          : http://us.imdb.com/Title?0038348
IMDB Rating       : 8.3/10 (1015 votes)
Director          : Jean Cocteau
Plot Summary      : Aside director, Jean Cocteau was also known as poet,
painter, writer and homosexual. His boyfriend, Jean
Marais, appeared in many of his movies. In "La Belle
et La Bete", he plays Avenant and Bete.
Cocteau addresses his version of Mme Leprince de
Beaumont's 18th century fairy tale to 'what remains of
the child in all of us' and proceeds to take us into a
realm of enchantment where nothing - not even the
candelabra or the decorative carvings in the Beast's
castle - is quite what it seems, where ugliness masks
integrity and handsome faces conceal treachery.
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. Cinematography,
lighting, costume and set designs combine to make
La Belle et La Bete a thrilling piece of cinema.

Release Information

CD 1: 696 MB  | CD 2: --- MB
RARs: 49x15MB | RARs: 00x20MB

A.R/Res.  : 1.33:1, 512 x 384
Video     : SBC DivX 3.11a @ 950 Kbps
Framerate : 25.000
Audio     : VBR mono 48KHz MP3 @ 98 Kbps
Language  : French
Subtitles : English (HC)

RIPPER NOTES:

A cult release from the 1940s. For those who enjoyed the Wedding
Planner or The Mummy, don't download this release. Your brains
wouldn't understand why the colours of this movie have been
removed... :p

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