"Beauty and the Beast,"

Cocteau's "Beauty and the Beast," like Disney's 1991 cartoon version, is based on the well-known 18th century fairy tale by Madame Leprince de Beaumont. Cocteau, however, manages to remain truer to the spirit of the original tale than the Disney incarnation. It is the story of a merchant who is caught picking a rose from the garden of the mysterious Beast and must pay for the misdeed with his life. Wishing to save her father from death, the merchant's selfless daughter Belle offers to go to the Beast's castle in her father's place. Once they are living together, the Beast and Beauty come to know one another well, and the Beast falls in love with the girl. He proposes marriage, but she refuses because she has already pledged herself to the wealthy nobleman Avenant.

But Belle somehow remains strangely drawn to the Beast, who, despite his monstrous physical appearance, possesses an honest, caring heart. He decides to test Belle's loyalty, however, by giving her a key and demanding that she return it at a certain time. Unfortunately, her greedy brother a

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