La Belle Bete
Brief Synopsis
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Centers on a mother who favors her son while rejecting her daughter. Patrice, a beautiful but mindless youth stands gazing at his image in the water. Around him move his ugly sister Isabelle-Marie, and his frivolous mother Louise, the first lost in love and hate for her brother's beauty, the second
Cast & Crew
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Karim Hussain
Director
Carole Laure
Marc-andré Grondin
Caroline Dhavernas
Sebastien Huberdeau
David La Haye
Film Details
Also Known As
Belle Bete, Mad Shadows
Genre
Adaptation
Drama
Foreign
Release Date
2006
Production Company
Aqs; California Filmes; Equinoxe Films; Odeon S.A.; Rezo Films; Sodec
Distribution Company
Equinoxe Films; Equinoxe Films
Synopsis
Centers on a mother who favors her son while rejecting her daughter. Patrice, a beautiful but mindless youth stands gazing at his image in the water. Around him move his ugly sister Isabelle-Marie, and his frivolous mother Louise, the first lost in love and hate for her brother's beauty, the second seeing it as an adornment for herself. Into this small, obsessed universe come a blind boy and an elegant fop from the outside world. At once, the pattern breaks and events move forward into a terrifying denouement.
Director
Karim Hussain
Director
Film Details
Also Known As
Belle Bete, Mad Shadows
Genre
Adaptation
Drama
Foreign
Release Date
2006
Production Company
Aqs; California Filmes; Equinoxe Films; Odeon S.A.; Rezo Films; Sodec
Distribution Company
Equinoxe Films; Equinoxe Films
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Miscellaneous Notes
Based on the novel "La Belle Bete" written by Maire-Claire Blais; published by New Canadian Library July 1, 1990.
