The Beast<\/em>, Bertrand Bonello\u2019s asto\u00adnis\u00adhing sci-fi dra\u00adma, is a thril\u00adling jour\u00adney of the mind staged with visio\u00adna\u00adry \u00e9lan. Loosely adap\u00adting the Henry James novel\u00adla The Beast in the Jungle<\/em> (1903), Bonello tells the ill-fated sto\u00adry of Gabrielle (L\u00e9a Seydoux) and Louis (George MacKay), which is recon\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adred over three points in time and space: Paris in 2044, in Los Angeles in 2014 and Paris once again in 1910. A dark cloud looms over the heroine\u2019s trou\u00adbled soul from the out\u00adset. In a near-future world domi\u00adna\u00adted by AI<\/span> whe\u00adre pro\u00adduc\u00adti\u00advi\u00adty is ever\u00ady\u00adthing, she is rest\u00adless, emo\u00adtio\u00adnal and thus sub-opti\u00admal. Cleansing her \u201cDNA<\/span>\u201d offers an appa\u00adrent solu\u00adti\u00adon, wher\u00adeby she is trans\u00adpor\u00adted through a time por\u00adtal whe\u00adre she expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adces frag\u00adments of her past lives, which are dele\u00adted from her mind in the pro\u00adcess. Gabrielle first meets Louis in 1910, who cap\u00adtures her heart and spi\u00adrit, as a powerful bond is for\u00adged, full of melan\u00adcho\u00adly and eter\u00adnal lon\u00adging. A poignant quest for deeper con\u00adnec\u00adtion, LA<\/span> B\u00caTE<\/span> fol\u00adlows two lovers who will never live out their mutu\u00adal attrac\u00adtion. As we move with them from one epoch to the next, like in a hall of bro\u00adken mir\u00adrors whe\u00adre memo\u00adry and fee\u00adlings mer\u00adge into exci\u00adting but pain\u00adful expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adces, we rea\u00adli\u00adze that ever\u00ady\u00adthing human is doo\u00admed to vanish. (Maria Giovanna Vagenas)<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/fsk-kino.peripherfilm.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/thebeast5-1024x576.jpg\")