Léa Seydoux and George MacKay captivate in Bertrand Bonello's haunting sci-fi drama
There’s an instant urgency in The Beast , the latest film from writer-director Bertrand Bonello , that persists despite its hefty runtime of 145 minutes. Even in its quietest moments, as Bonello’s pacing slows to a crawl and we are asked to consider every gesture, every weighty theme piled atop this towering stack of ideas, there’s a feeling that this film is aching to show us something, pushing ahead with an almost desperate need to convey its emotional truths.
It’s not hard to see what Bonello’s getting at here, particularly when 2044 Gabrielle must contend with lectures about how AI is superior to a human workforce and her own emotions are getting in the way of her happiness. There’s an overt bleakness to this imagined future, one that’s countered by the vibrant hues Bonello’s camera conjures in the luxuriant reds and greens of turn-of-the-century Paris and the cool pool-water blues of 2014 Los Angeles.
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