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    Movies - 1970s Movies - B 1 Min Read

    Beast, The (1975)

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    The head of a failing French family thinks that fate has smiled down on him when the daughter of a wealthy man agrees to be married to his son.

    In order to assure an inheritance, Lucy Broadhurst (Lisbeth Hummel) must marry Mathurin de l’Esperance (Pierre Benedetti). He’s not really interested in women – breeding horses is more to his taste and he has a few other quirks, not the least of which is an embarrassing deformity.

    This grotesque, erotic, fantasy fairytale was criticised by many for its shocking sex sequences, and the explicit depiction of bestiality and copious (fake) ejaculate kept it off British screens for a quarter of a century.

    The Beast is an unforgettable dream-like experience and one that lingers long in the mind after viewing.

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    Romilda de l’Esperance
    Sirpa Lane
    Lucy Broadhurst
    Lisbeth Hummel
    Virginia Broadhurst
    Elisabeth Kaza
    Mathurin de l’Esperance
    Pierre Benedetti
    Pierre de l’Esperance
    Guy Tréjan
    Priest
    Roland Armontel
    Duc Rammendelo De Balo
    Marcel Dalio
    Roberto Capia
    Robert Capia
    Clarisse De l’Esperance
    Pascale Rivault
    Ifany
    Hassane Fall
    Théodore
    Anna Baldaccini
    Modeste
    Thierry Bourdon
    Marie
    Marie Testanière
    Stéphane
    Stéphane Testanière
    Cardinal Joseph de Balo
    Jean Martinelli

    Director
    Walerian Borowczyk

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