 Beauty and the Beast 1946  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Jean Cocteau
Cast: Jean Marais, Josette Day, Marcel Andre, Nane Germon, Mila Parely, Michel Auclair, Raoul Marco, Jean Cocteau, Christian Marquand, Gilles Watteaux, Noel Blin
As the third daughter, young Belle (Josette Day) is exploited by her family and works as their servant. One day, a Beast (Jean Marais) appears and threatens Belle's father (Marcel Andre) with death unless he gives up one of his daughters. Belle sacrifices herself and goes to the castle with the Beast. After much wooing, Belle falls in love with the bewitching Beast who gives her a key and tells her that if she fails to return it to him he will die of grief.
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Therese Raquin 1953  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: The Adultress
Director: Marcel Carne
Cast: Simone Signoret, Raf Vallone, Jacques Duby, Roland Lesaffre, Sylvie, Maria-Pia Casilio, Marcel Andre, Martial Rebe, Paul Frankeur, Alain Terrane, Lucien Hubert, Jacques Hilling
In this film adaptation of the Emile Zola story, Therese (Simone Signoret) is bored with husband Camille (Jacques Duby) and begins an affair with trucker Laurent (Raf Vallone). They fall in love, plot to kill Camille, and succeed. There is one problem: there is a witness (Roland Lesaffre) to the murder, and now they must deal with his blackmail efforts.
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| 1. Beauty and the Beast (1946)
2. Therese Raquin (1953)
aka: The Adultress
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