The Beautiful Beast (2006): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2006, The Beautiful Beast is a thriller and drama film directed by Karim Hussain, running about 110 minutes.

What it’s about. La Belle Bête is a powerful study of the conflict between beauty and ugliness, hate and love. The story revolves around three main characters. At the center, Patrice, a beautiful but mindless youth stands gazing at his image in the water. Around him move his ugly sister Isabelle-Marie, and his frivolous mother Louise, the first lost in love and hate for her brother's beauty, the second seeing it as an adornment for herself. Into this small, obsessed universe come a blind boy and an elegant fop from the outside world. At once, the pattern breaks and events move forward into a terrifying denouement.

Who’s in it. The Beautiful Beast stars Marc-André Grondin as Patrice, Carole Laure as Louise, Caroline Dhavernas as Isabelle-Marie and David La Haye as Lanz, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 5.6/10, The Beautiful Beast has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch The Beautiful Beast page.

If you liked it. Fans of The Beautiful Beast tend to enjoy The Dark Knight, Pulp Fiction, Parasite and Fight Club.