Beast, The (La bête) (2024)

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Synopsis

Dir: Bertrand Bonello. French/English-language Science Fiction/Romance. Based on the novella 'The Beast In The Jungle' by Henry James. In the near future, while reliving her past lives, a woman (Léa Seydoux) discovers that she has a deep connection to, and a sense of foreboding about a man who appears throughout all her history.

Content elements

• Frequent use of the sexual expletive, some in a sexual context; infrequent use of scatological slang and vulgar expressions
• Infrequent use of sexual language and references - little detail
• Infrequent portrayals of gun and hand-to-hand violence, some involving animals - some blood and detail
• Brief breast nudity and male frontal nudity in a non-sexual context, some in an art context
• Infrequent portrayals of alcohol, tobacco, and drug use in a recreational context

Thematic elements

• Coping with trauma
• Human emotion and connection
• Gender and resentment

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for coarse language, violence, and mature subject matter

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