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Bête, La (1975)

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User Rating: 6.0/10 (815 votes)
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Overview

Director:
Walerian Borowczyk
Writer:
Walerian Borowczyk (writer)
Release Date:
15 April 1977 (USA) more
Plot:
The head of a failing French family thinks that fate has smiled down on him when the daughter of a wealthy man agrees to be married to his son... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Walerian Borowczyk's lustful and erotic masterpiece. more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)
Sirpa Lane ... Romilda de l'Esperance
Lisbeth Hummel ... Lucy Broadhurst
Elisabeth Kaza ... Virginia Broadhurst
Pierre Benedetti ... Mathurin de l'Esperance
Guy Tréjan ... Pierre de l'Esperance
Roland Armontel ... Priest
Marcel Dalio ... Duc Rammendelo De Balo (as Dalio)
Robert Capia ... Roberto Capia
Pascale Rivault ... Clarisse De l'Esperance
Hassane Fall
Anna Baldaccini
Thierry Bourdon
Mathieu Rivollier
Julien Hanany
Marie Testanière
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Death's Ecstacy (USA) (censored version)
The Beast (USA)
The Beast in Heat
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Runtime:
93 min | Sweden:103 min (uncut version) | Australia:98 min (1977 cinema release)
Country:
France
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Sweden:15 | Australia:R (2007) (uncut) | Sweden:15 (uncut) | Australia:R (original rating) | France:-16 | Netherlands:18 | UK:18 | USA:X
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Company:
Argos Films more

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Movie Connections:
Edited into Julchen und Jettchen, die verliebten Apothekerstöchter (1980) more

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20 out of 27 people found the following comment useful:-
Walerian Borowczyk's lustful and erotic masterpiece., 25 April 2005
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Author: HumanoidOfFlesh from Chyby,Poland

"La Bête" by Walerian Borowczyk is based on the short story "Lokis" written by Prosper Merimée.Lucy Broadhurst(Lisabeth Hummel),an American heiress betrothed to the son of an impoverished Marquis,arrives at the family's crumbling château and learns of a mythical ursine beast purported to prowl the nearby forest.It is fabled that a former lady of the house(Sirpa Lane)once engaged in perverse sex with the creature and Lucy finds herself consumed by dreams of the incident. "The Beast" is an art-house mix of surreal horror,explicit sleaze and porno.There's implied bestiality,assault and perversion in the priesthood,copious fake ejaculate smeared on bared breasts,masturbation with a rose and, most graphic of all,the eponymous beast toying with incredibly big phallus.Still this genuinely erotic film is wonderfully photographed and tasteless.The women here are stunningly beautiful and they are naked most of the time.Overall "La Bête" is a visual feast.Whether it be from the fetishistic attention to detail,or the visual motifs pregnant with information,Borowczyk's masterpiece should be watched with care and attention.A must-see for fans of European cult cinema.

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