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Adélaïde, Belle, Félicie and Ludovic are young adult siblings who once lived in grandeur until their fathers merchant ships were lost at sea. The family is now near ruin, but Adélaïde and Félicie nonetheless still squander away the family money on themselves and keeping beautiful, whereas Belle slaves around the house, doting on her father. Ludovic detests his two spoiled sisters, but is protective of Belle, especially with his friend Avenant, a handsome scoundrel who wants to marry Belle. Crossing the forest one dark and stormy evening, the father gets lost and takes refuge in a fantastical castle. Upon leaving, he steals a blossom off a rose bush, which Belle requested. The castles resident, an angry beast, sentences him to one of two options for the theft of the rose: his own death, or that of one of his daughters. As she feels she is the cause of her fathers predicament (despite her sisters asking for far more lavish gifts), Belle sacrifices herself to the beast. Upon arriving at the castle, Belle finds that the beast, whose grotesqueness she cannot deny, does not want to kill her, but wants to marry her and lavish her with riches. He does not force her, but he will ask her every night to marry him, these times the only ones when he will appear to her. She vows never to say yes. As Belle resigns herself to her mortal fate and looks deeper into the beast - whose grotesque exterior masks a kind but tortured soul - will her thoughts change? Meanwhile, Belles family, who learn of her situation, have their own thoughts of what to do, some working toward what they believe is Belles best welfare, and others working toward their own benefit.
Belle is carrying out all the strenuous work at home, while her two haughty sisters are occupied with their appearances, and her lazy brother fools around with his pal Avenant. When Avenant asks Belle to marry him, she says that she doesnt want to leave her father. After a visit to a coastal town, the father rides back through a wood, but strays from the path and encounters a magic castle. When he plucks a rose for Belle, a ferocious animal in elegant clothes turns up. The Beast tells him that he has to die or send one of his daughters to die in his place within three days. The Beasts horse Magnificent carries him back home. After listening to her fathers story, Belle sneaks out, and rides to the castle on Magnificent. The Beast is polite and gentle towards her, and step by step her fright for him is transformed into deep sympathy. When her father is sick, she is allowed to go home for one week. She returns a few days too late, and finds the Beast dying.
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La Bête (The Beast)
Josette Day
Belle
Mila Parély
Félicie
Nane Germon
Adélaïde
Michel Auclair
Ludovic
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Belle's Father
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The Father
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Félicie (1995 opera version)
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Adélaïde (1995 opera version)
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Ludovic (1995 opera version)
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