Jean Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast

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Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et la Bête) is a 1946 French romantic fantasy film directed by French poet and filmmaker Jean Cocteau.

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<p>The plot of Cocteau's film revolves around Belle's father, who is sentenced to death for picking a rose from the Beast's garden. Belle offers to go back to the Beast in her father's place. Beast falls in love with her and proposes marriage on a nightly basis which she refuses. Belle eventually becomes more drawn to Beast, who tests her by letting her return home to her family and telling her that he will die of grief if she doesn't return to him within a week.</p><p>Beauty and the Beast is now recognized as a classic of French cinema.[3]</p>

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