The Beast (HKIFF48)
Genre
SPECIAL PROGRAMME
Release Date
29 Mar 2024 (Fri)
Category
III (HK), ---(Macau)
Running Time
146 Minutes
Language
French, English
Subtitle
Chinese and English
Director
Bertrand Bonello
Cast
Léa Seydoux, George MacKay, Guslagie Malanda, Dasha Nekrasova
Synopsis
In a not-too-distant future, where unemployment has reached epidemic levels, candidates are encouraged to undergo a process whereby their DNA is cleansed of residual emotion left from their past lives. For Gabrielle, this triggers a fractured odyssey into her romantic past, and century-long courtship with the mysterious Louis. Bonello uses Henry James’ 1903 novella The Beast in the Jungle as a launchpad to embark on a thrilling metaphysical exploration of memory and love that evokes Virginia Woolf and David Lynch, by way of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind .
In a not-too-distant future, where unemployment has reached epidemic levels, candidates are encouraged to undergo a process whereby their DNA is cleansed of residual emotion left from their past lives. For Gabrielle, this triggers a fractured odyssey into her romantic past, and century-long courtship with the mysterious Louis. Bonello uses Henry James’ 1903 novella The Beast in the Jungle as a launchpad to embark on a thrilling metaphysical exploration of memory and love that evokes Virginia Woolf and David Lynch, by way of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind .
