AFM: Karim Hussain's THE BEAUTIFUL BEAST (LA BELLE BÊTE)

Distribution rights for Karim Hussain's The Beautiful Beast (La belle bête) are to be offered for sale by Rezo Films International at this year's American Film Market (AFM) in Santa Monica, California. The movie is scheduled to be screened at the Laemmle Monica #4 on Sunday November 5th at 3:00 p.m.. It's scheduled to have what appears to be its world première at the 39th Sitges - International Film Festival of Catalonia in Spain on October 11th. Equinoxe Films Inc. (Les Films Équinoxe Inc.) is scheduled to release it theatrically in Québec, Canada on November 3rd.

The screenplay for The Beautiful Beast (La belle bête) was written by Marie-Claire Blais in collaboration with Hussain and Julien Fonfrède, based on the eponymous (with regard to the French title) novel Mad Shadows (La belle bête) by Blais. The movie stars Carole Laure, Caroline Dhavernas, Marc-André Grondin, Sébastien Huberdeau, Vénutia-Ludivine Reding, Normand Lévesque, and David La Haye.

Here's a synopsis for The Beautiful Beast from the website of Telefilm Canada: "A love triangle between a mother, son and daughter, The Beautiful Beast is a dark drama on the themes of jealousy, vanity, emotional incest and, finally, murder. Adapted from Marie-Claire Blais' famous novel, written in 1959, the film explores the complex psychology of a family; Louise is rich and vain; Patrice, her son, is as handsome as he is socially dysfunctional; Isabelle-Marie, the daughter, is dangerously jealous. Only one member of the family will make it no matter what the consequences of his or her cruel acts."

The Beautiful Beast large trailer (downloadable 5.2 MB WMV file)
The Beautiful Beast small trailer (downloadable 4.8 MB MOV file)
The Beautiful Beast small trailer (downloadable 3.6 MB WMV file)

The Beautiful Beast stills gallery
Equinoxe Films: The Beautiful Beast
Telefilm Canada: The Beautiful Beast