Women in Trouble: Love and Desire in Francophone Cinema
(NR) France/Canada – 2 hr 26 min – with subtitles
2023 · d. Bertrand Bonello
Starring Léa Seydoux, George MacKay, Guslagie Malanda
In 2044, a young woman (Léa Seydoux) discovers that she has met her new love interest in previous lives—as a dashing aristocrat in Belle Epoche Paris, then as a disturbed vlogger in 2014 L.A. Exploring A.I., incel culture, paranoia, and more, The Beast is a time-shifting, mind-bending sci-fi epic.
Stick around for a post-film discussion!
This screening is part of the Women in Trouble French and Francophone Film Festival, presented with Film Studies at Bryn Mawr College and supported by the Albertine Cinematheque, a program of Albertine Foundation & Villa Albertine.
