La bête = The beast /

By 2044, artificial intelligence reigns, and human emotions must be surgically removed to produce a more pliant workforce. But this procedure triggers Gabrielle (Léa Seydoux) to experience haunting memories of her past lives, as she encounters different incarnations of her paramour, Louis (George Ma...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Bête (Motion picture)
Other Authors:	Bonello, Bertrand, 1968- (Screenwriter, composer (expression)), Charbit, Benjamin (Screenwriter), Bréaud, Guillaume (Screenwriter), Nekrasova, Dasha (Actor), Löwensohn, Elina (Actor), MacKay, George (Actor), Malanda, Guslagie (Actor), Faure, Julia (Actor), Seydoux, Léa (Actor), James, Henry, 1843-1916
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Published:	[San Francisco, California, USA] : The Criterion Collection, 2023. Kanopy Streaming, 2025.
Subjects:	Man-woman relationships ǂv Drama. Love > Drama. Dystopias > Drama Artificial intelligence > Drama. Reincarnation > Drama. Emotions > Drama. Future, The > Drama. Science fiction films. ǂ2 lcgft Dystopian films. ǂ2 lcgft Romance films. ǂ2 lcgft Film adaptations. ǂ2 lcgft Feature films. ǂ2 lcgft Fiction films. ǂ2 lcgft
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Kanopy)

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Summary:	By 2044, artificial intelligence reigns, and human emotions must be surgically removed to produce a more pliant workforce. But this procedure triggers Gabrielle (Léa Seydoux) to experience haunting memories of her past lives, as she encounters different incarnations of her paramour, Louis (George MacKay). As she once more undergoes the pains and pleasures of romance-and rediscovers what it means to be truly alive-Gabrielle awaits the erasure of her humanity with growing fascination and dread.
Item Description:	Director of photography, Josée Deshaies ; editor, Anita Roth ; music, Bertrand & Anna Bonello. Freely adapted from "The beast in the jungle" by Henry James.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (streaming video file) (147 minutes): .flv file, sound