The Beast
Directed by Bertrand BonelloIn 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 previous lives and rid her of any strong feelings. She then meets Louis and feels a powerful connection, as if she has known him forever. A melodrama crossed by the genre, which unfolds over three distinct periods, 1910, 2014 and 2044.
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- Lee RobinsonFebruary 10, 2025Boring as fuck
- Desmond DaleJanuary 24, 2025Conceptually, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind comes to mind although the execution is quite different and brought back feelings of Godard at his most experimental as in say Alphaville. It's seemingly this lush romantic tale centered around two protagonists engaged in a fatalistic journey for each other but it goes to a much more interesting and bittersweet place with a tragic yet ultimately less rose-colored reading of our human existence and the fragile, fleeting nature of finding happiness and or love. It pivots the source of tragedy from outside influences and an us against the world new wave ethos to an inward psychological flaw not unlike the tragedies of Yorgos and Haneke.
- VarunOctober 19, 2024This was honestly a very interesting movie that I unfortunately didn’t feel strongly connected to and hence took 3 days over an entire week to finish it. Maybe the pacing was slow or the plot was too high concept for me. But once I finished it, the messages finally started to click in my head and I found a great appreciation for the film as a whole. This is a sci-fi horror romance film that spans three different time periods with various thematic connections that spark a light on the nature of love, fear, loneliness, technological implications, relationships and so many more concepts that will take time to unpack. Léa Seydoux gives an unbelievably great performance, there’s so much emotion to glean from every subtle expression on her face and dialogue delivery. The film is also quite pretty to look at, it’s very arthouse and also has a couple of visually arresting sequences. I would recommend paying full attention and sticking through the pacing by just watching the whole film in one sitting, it’s going to be easier to analyse and will have a greater impact on you. Despite the difficulty I had committing, I believe this is a highly unique film that is definitely worth checking out and one I will be ruminating on for a long time.
- The Gutter MonkeyOctober 17, 2024A relatively simple sci-fi romance/horror delivered in an unnecessarily complicated and dragged-out way. If the same story had been told less pretentiously, it may have been more worth a watch.
