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Beauty and the Beast

Drama Fantasy Romance

1946, 1h 36min

The story of a gentle-hearted beast in love with a simple and beautiful girl. She is drawn to the repellent but strangely fascinating Beast, who tests her fidelity by giving her a key, telling her that if she doesn't return it to him by a specific time, he will die of grief. She is unable to return the key on time, but it is revealed that the Beast is the genuinely handsome one. A simple tale of tragic love that turns into a surreal vision of death, desire, and beauty.

"Beauty and the Beast" — drama, fantasy and romance movie produced in France and released in 1946. It has a great rating on IMDb: 7.9 stars out of 10. It is a feature-length film with a runtime of 1h 36min. "Beauty and the Beast" is currently available to stream on HBO Max, The Criterion Channel, Amazon Prime I Max and Tubi and for rent and to buy on Apple TV. Click on a playlink to watch it now!

Country: France

Director:

Cast:

Michel Auclair,

Christian Marquand

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Critic rating Average critic rating

9

Reviews

Critic Louise Brealy

rated

10

...remains the finest telling of 'Beauty And The Beast' fable.

Read full review at Empire

Critic Xan Brooks

rated

10

...antic and playful, but there is real pain (and genuine eroticism) behind its flamboyant façade.

Read full review at The Guardian

Critic Henrik Queitsch

rated

7

...er faktisk overraskende vellykket og veloplagt udførst.

Read full review at Ekstra Bladet

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You can stream Beauty and the Beast on:

The Criterion Channel,

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Beauty and the Beast include A Matter of Life and Death, The Devil's Envoys, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Kismet (1944), The Evil Forest, A Guy Named Joe.

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Beauty and the Beast was released in theaters on June 23, 2002.