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The Beast

2024-02-07 Drama 2hr 26m

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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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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Cast

Léa Seydoux

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Gabrielle
Guslagie Malanda

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Poupée Kelly
Laurent Lacotte

Laurent Lacotte

L'architecte
Céline Carrère

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Femme bal 1910
Hortense Gelinet

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Pauline Jacquard

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Alice Barnole

Alice Barnole

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Théo Hakola

Théo Hakola

Le barman clubs
Antoine Barraud

Antoine Barraud

Homme club 1972
Dejana Poposka

Dejana Poposka

Femme clubs
Galice Cassagnes

Galice Cassagnes

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Isabelle Prim

Isabelle Prim

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Lottie Andersen

Lottie Andersen

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Tom Neal

Tom Neal

Assistant réalisateur pub sécurité routière
Tiffany Hofstetter

Tiffany Hofstetter

Femme pub sécurité routière
Dimitri Michelsen

Dimitri Michelsen

Homme pub sécurité routière
Rémi Canaple

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Homme pub sécurité routière
Yasmin Van Deventer

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Femme casting mannequins
Jean-Baptiste Heuet

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Thomas Hayward

Thomas Hayward

Chanteur émission karaoké
Andrew Eldridge

Andrew Eldridge

Chanteur émission karaoké
Marc Reed

Marc Reed

Chanteur émission karaoké
Barry Johnson

Barry Johnson

Chanteur émission karaoké
Xavier Dolan

Xavier Dolan

Système intelligence artificielle (voice)
Adam Carage

Adam Carage

Mr. Denver (voice)
Bertrand Bonello

Bertrand Bonello

Réalisateur fond vert (voice)
Doug Rand

Doug Rand

Voix service sécurité (voice)
Gianna Salguerio

Gianna Salguerio

Doublure piano
Jiselle Henderkott

Jiselle Henderkott

Danseur club (uncredited)
Joa Jappont

Joa Jappont

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A Review by Geronimo1967 7

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2024-03-09

Though it's really way too long, I did rather enjoy the developing chemistry here between Léa Seydoux ("Gabrielle") and George MacKay's "Lou... read more

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 much. It's an episodic jaunt through what is/was/might be their lives - together and apart. What does work well is the ambiguity. The sense that artificial intelligence, either working on it's own or at the behest of humanity, can rearrange our thoughts and our memories. It can create as convincingly as it can delete comprehensively - and all because there is a sense that emotions are unpredictable, unreliable and therefore a threat to the stability of a new "natural order". The dialogue can meander into the realms of psycho-babble now and again which does detract from the subtle but clear thrust of the narrative, but it is actually quite a scary prognosis of what might become fact if we are not careful to protect what is real and important.

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A Review by CinemaSerf

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...

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A Review by Geronimo1967 7

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2024-03-09

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 dic...

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