Science Fiction · Drama
The Beast
You remember, don't you? That we have already met?
In the near future where emotions have become a threat, Gabrielle finally decides to purify her DNA in a machine that will immerse her in her past lives and rid her of any strong feelings. She then meets Louis and feels a powerful connection, as if she had known him forever.
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Top Cast
Léa Seydoux
Gabrielle
George MacKay
Louis
Guslagie Malanda
Poupée Kelly
Dasha Nekrasova
Dakota
Martin Scali
Georges
Elina Löwensohn
La voyante
Marta Hoskins
Gina
Julia Faure
Sophie
Directed by
Bertrand Bonello
Production
Les films du Bélier
ARTE France CinémaReviews
CinemaSerf
7/103/9/2024
Though it's really way too long, I did rather enjoy the developing chemistry here between Léa Seydoux ("Gabrielle") and George MacKay's "Louis". The story isn't really structured, it's all largely dictated from her consciousness lounging in the bath of Guinness no longer needed by "Baron Harkkonen" where she is having her DNA cleansed. This is ostensibly to make her life happier and more fulfilled, to take the rough edges off disappointment and pain - and generally to turn her into a rather soporific drone. The thing is, whilst plugged in and gently soaking we discover that her brain isn't co-operating with the process and that she is having very lifelike fantasies - historical, contemporary and futuristic with the handsome and enigmatic "Louis". The story in itself isn't really up to very
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