La Belle et La Bête

Spoiler to 1946 version of Beauty and the Beast with the Prince turning back

[@Nellirubina]

There has never been made a more beautiful, clever or touching rendition of this story. Jean Cocteau was the sort of artist that had a hold of the heart of this piece. I never get tired of seeing it.

[@susanbennett6688]

Beautifully said.

[@lauraorsini73]

Jean Marais, vous vouliez, sûrement dire...

[@dumoulin11]

His parents didn't believe in fairies so to punish them the fairies turned the son into a beast, and the only thing that could save him was a look of love. Pretty hardcore french fairies.

[@huldrrrr9486]

At least we can all agree that no matter the version, we always want our beautiful beast back

[@Kaspleen]

Have you seen the Czech version?

[@huldrrrr9486]

@@Kaspleen yep, love it

[@MrQuebec]

C'est la meilleure adaptation cinématographique du chef d'oeuvre de Jeanne Marie Le Prince de Beaumont (1711 - 1780).

[@LadyFlusterbustle]

I'll never grow tired of this magic.

[@TheNinonxandxco]

Jean Marais était un fabuleux acteur, mon dieu, je l'aime tellement ! / Jean Marais was a fabolous actor, my god, I love him so much !

[@sct-samcel1266]

C’est vrai mais j’ai vraiment l’impression que l’on est les seuls français

[@disneyrules7808]

Fun Fact: Avenant, the villain of this film, served as the inspiration for Gaston in the Disney movie.

[@willlyon7129]

The irony is that Disney is a copy cat that steals others films that were already made.

[@JbLentolome]

@@willlyon7129 and the villain of the sequel was supposed to be called Avenant (Gaston's little brother who seeks revenge on Belle and The Beast/Prince) before there was Forte (the organ voiced by Tim Curry)

[@caitlinjane92]

This twist of an ending really caught me off-guard the first time I watched this movie. I was literally like, "Huh?! WTF just happened?!" It also left me feeling disappointed because it's like the spell that the Prince had on him wasn't completely lifted from him in the end. Instead of turning back into his original self, he just took on the form of a completely different person, even if that person was human. Now we'll never know what his actual identity might have been before turning into the Beast.

[@yippedoodah]

Cocteau actually intended for the Beast's transformation to be disappointing so that the audience would want him back instead of the Prince. Yes, they're supposed to be the same person but the visage you've grown accustomed to is the one you prefer.

[@DizzyBusy]

I guess we were all disappointed together with La Belle that it wasn't the person we fell in love with

[@plutoshearer3650]

@@yippedoodah there's not such a thing. Don't justify the failure of the ending. Cocteau never intented to disappointing ending to blah blah blah. In fact this film get praised just because it's french and foreign. If this same film produced in Hollywood, they would called it trash. Hollywood, Disney at particular, will do it million times better in about 50 years.

[@yippedoodah]

@@plutoshearer3650 “My aim would be to make the Beast so human, so sympathetic, so superior to men, that his transformation into Prince Charming would come as a terrible blow to Beauty, condemning her to a humdrum marriage and a future that I summed up in that last sentence of all fairy tales: ‘And they had many children.'” -Jean Cocteau I didn't say the ending was a failure, just that this was the intent of Cocteau.

[@valentinedussaut3839]

@@plutoshearer3650 Wanna fight?

[@HorrORFan31191]

some of you people have no taste in films...like the Disney version is wonderful and im happy to say i grew up to that and loved it. But this version...the story, the passion...THE LIGHTING! oh so magnificent!

[@brunolallemand967]

Merci

[@brunolallemand967]

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[@SacredMovementJM]

i saw this as a kid and still adore it. buying it off amazon was one of the best purchases ever.

[@the2pages62]

Funniest damn thing I've ever seen is the prince just sliding back to his feet, Belle not caring that he looks like her dead friend, and then literally flying away with the man.

[@unclealand]

As Garbo said, "Give me back my beast!"

[@pattilikestodraw]

This movie will never stop being beautiful. Every second of it.

[@coeurdepoemes]

Un souvenir d'enfance qui restera gravé à jamais dans ma mémoire. Car malgré que la bête me faisait peur, j'eusse aimé regarder ce film jusqu'à la fin. Car malgré sa laideur, la bête était belle.

[@colettebarlow92]

Cocteau's work of genius!! Probably THE most beautiful version of the classic fairy tale made in 1946!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@yaffayafo82]

Beyond genius

[@yaffayafo82]

Probably? DEFINITELY! Musique Fantastique du Gerroeges Auric.

[@willlyon7129]

@Heather Sinbela Agree to disagree, the 1946 film is a beautiful movie to watch and captures the dream like aspects. The 2017 remake is unnecessary abomination of cinema with cringe worthy visuals and a mediocre actress who can't sing.

[@marisasteinberger6709]

Merci. Il fait du bien de revoir Jean Marais. Merci encore.

[@judyalcatraz918]

Just saw this movie yesterday on TCM n I loved it

[@13ma98]

C'est un film merveilleux! Et Jean Marais est d'une beaute ravissante et un acteur de genie.

[@catesjd]

@21jumpstreet Belle was in love with Avenant, but, she didn't like him, she liked the beast, but she didn't like what he looked like.

[@frannieo1707]

Pure magic. Wish I could fly to heaven with Jean Marais.

[@marienmorand]

You know he's gay right?

[@frannieo1707]

@@marienmorand Bisexual, actually.

[@darkyannouche]

Beautiful movie. Everyone can find a similitude, beast or beauty we are one or other

[@willlyon7129]

Probably the most beautiful interpretation of Beauty and the Beast ever made before the Disney version.

[@amandabaxter2022]

the beast looks like my dog:)

[@austinlovesasians]

C'est une Classique. J'adore.

[@lolo_ft8228]

Pov:tu sors ton tel en classe pour regarder ca 😂😅

[@colmantclaudine9260]

j adore ce film

[@blentynatinima]

oh god. I LOVE this movie!

[@mobrien7128]

Loved it!

[@philippe661944]

Jean marais ,plus bel acteur du cinéma francais avec alain delon ,autre chose que ceux de maintenant qui sont insipides

[@nathaliebouland6403]

Je suis dans un rêve éveillé j'adore

[@Alice0s]

J'ai toujours pensé que lorsque la malédiction était rompue et qu'Avenant s'était transformée en bête, il deviendrait la nouvelle "Bête" du château en punition/I always thought that when the curse was broken and that Avenant was turned into a beast, he would become the next "Beast" of the castle as punishment.

[@21jumpstreetaholic]

I do like this movie but was kind of upset that the beast's human form had to look like Avenant.

[@albertobianchi8550]

21jumpstreetaholic it was an elegant and subtle finale...

[@BeeWhistler]

Me, too. But at least Avenant was cute and the Beast had better hair... and of course he was a lot more pleasant with that face than the other jerk.

[@darkyannouche]

Magnifique film. Tout le monde peut s'y retrouver la belle ou la bete nous sommes l'un ou l'autre.

[@leta2504]

How much old is this movie!!!!Thanx for the video!

[@prenomnom4768]

J'en peux plus 😂 Je suis morte de rire 😂 Les voix des années 40... Et les dialogues. Mais sinon très belle morale

[@katearaoz1008]

cocteau

[@freedomland11]

@leta2504..This movie is from 1946 I think...So its about 65 years old or so...I know its belle isn't it?

[@literallyallthingsonice]

screw all you guys, I think he looks magnificent.

[@disneyrules7808]

Why do they have Avenant and the Beast aka Prince Ardent played by the same person in this movie?

[@BeeWhistler]

Just a guess but maybe they wanted a hot French movie star to play the Beast but he wanted more screen time than just wearing a fursuit for most of the film? They may have thought it was clever or that he was up to playing each role differently enough to make it work, but a lot of us were pretty disappointed even though he's a cute guy and way more likable as the Beast. Seeing this clip now after years without watching the whole film first, I can say that he looks way better. But when you've seen him as a jerk the whole film it is a bit of a let down for that to be the face of the good guy.

[@disneyrules7808]

Bee Whistler I see that now.

[@disneyrules7808]

Alex Bryson I see that now.

[@yannickdrmda5295]

@@BeeWhistler Not really, it's only suppositions from French critics but it might have to do with Cocteau's vision to show the Beast and Avenant (which inspired Gaston) as the two faces of a human, kindness under a disgusting appearance and vilainess under a charming one. After all the novel he adapted from Marie Leprince de Beaumont and Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve was a tale to teach little noblegirls to see behind the mask of their husband in arranged marriages. Plus Jean Cocteau and Jean Marais (the actor) were lovers at the time - if Marais were a girl we would call it a muse.

[@heliedecastanet1882]

Jean Cocteau did it because he wanted to say, with this, that with exactly the same beautiful face, you can be either loved or hated. Because what is important is the personality. That is why Avenant (in French, it means : Handsome) turns to a beast when he dies : because he was the real beast. If you don't speak French, you won't understand but there is a funny moment when the Prince (after his transformation) is facing la Belle and doesn't understand why she looks at him the way she does : it is just the moment she is realizing that she fell in love with the exact same guy she despised few minutes ago (Avenant). it is very funny. And of course, she doesn't confess the truth to la Bête 🙂

[@moviegurl16]

je ne comprends... i dun understand .. lol can sumone explain why the beast is the *bad dude* with shorter hair? i mean he's handsome and all but why?

[@eliascherfi6554]

coooooool

[@youseetoo]

the beast is much more sexy than the prince!!!

[@meglovesdacre]

Where can I watch the whole movie with eng subs?

[@Mr96fulCartoonlover]

Hulu

[@meglovesdacre]

thanks! :)

[@Mr96fulCartoonlover]

your welcome :)

[@Jonisfilm]

i searched for "aw hell no" and got this...

[@anonimouse2374]

jean cocteau i love u

[@kingorangepommec-1373]

c ma prof qui m'oblige

[@castlechest9418]

Toi aussi ?

[@shippuden38]

l'amour peut faire q1 homme laid devienne beau!

[@oatleyr]

I'm hoping for a mash-up of Disney and Cocteau

[@zm3248]

It made me think of Kill Bill LANA 💋

[@julierocky]

Belle histoire ☺️

[@l7xmat899]

Qui est la a cause de votre prof de francais

[@justelilirose9662]

moi

[@victoriawittelsbach5808]

Haribol Harmony

[@mirellacravotta319]

🌟

[@unokni2398]

Je dois le lire je suis en 6eE😂😂😂broukisse

[@kimberlydonohoe3427]

Anyone know where I can find the full version?

[@santiagomartinez-gallardo5466]

Right now it's on the Criterion Channel! Though if you want to own it permanently I'd recommend waiting for the upcoming Criterion sale and buying their release!

[@yaniskhamsi808]

What kind of accent are the actors using?

[@simondesbiens2463]

1940s French parisienne accent white a lot of milking because they acting

[@plutoshearer3650]

The worst ending ever in cinema history. As Greta Garbo said "Give me back my Beast.". And as Marlene Dietrich cried " Where is my Beautiful Beast?!".

[@unclealand]

It's the one big flaw that almost ruins the movie. The prince is a boring fop who couldn't possess the soul of The Beast.

[@AshesChild]

unclealand It doesn't ruin the movie, it's intentional.

[@seven4g63]

美女と野獣　ジャン　マレー　幻想的

[@eternelretour6380]

jean marais autre chose que michel blanc ou Daniel auteuil ,le seul crédible en Lagardère

[@raymundus.lullus]

N'oublions pas Jean Piat, tout de même.

[@eternelretour6380]

jean marais altruiste il donnera toutes sa fortune pour les plus humbles

[@yanndick]

@marsbreakfast Because both movies are adaptations from a XVIII century story. Cocteau didn't invent it.