{"id":235819,"date":"2024-06-24T15:38:30","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T15:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/24\/lea-seydoux-and-george-mackay-dazzle-in-shocking-sci-fi-film-the-beast\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:16:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:16:19","slug":"lea-seydoux-and-george-mackay-dazzle-in-shocking-sci-fi-film-the-beast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/24\/lea-seydoux-and-george-mackay-dazzle-in-shocking-sci-fi-film-the-beast\/","title":{"rendered":"L\u00e9a Seydoux and George MacKay dazzle in shocking sci-fi film The Beast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"ArticleImage\">\n<div class=\"Image__Wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" width=\"1350\" height=\"898\" alt=\"Janus Films handout film still: THE BEAST Directed by Bertrand Bonello. The year is 2044: artificial intelligence controls all facets of a stoic society as humans routinely ?erase? their feelings. Hoping to eliminate pain caused by their past-life romances, Gabrielle (Le?a Seydoux) continually falls in love with different incarnations of Louis (George MacKay).\" src=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18113652\/SEI_208410105.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1288px) 837px, (min-width: 1024px) calc(57.5vw + 55px), (min-width: 415px) calc(100vw - 40px), calc(70vw + 74px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18113652\/SEI_208410105.jpg?width=300 300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18113652\/SEI_208410105.jpg?width=400 400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18113652\/SEI_208410105.jpg?width=500 500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18113652\/SEI_208410105.jpg?width=600 600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18113652\/SEI_208410105.jpg?width=700 700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18113652\/SEI_208410105.jpg?width=800 800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18113652\/SEI_208410105.jpg?width=837 837w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18113652\/SEI_208410105.jpg?width=900 900w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18113652\/SEI_208410105.jpg?width=1003 1003w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18113652\/SEI_208410105.jpg?width=1100 1100w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18113652\/SEI_208410105.jpg?width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18113652\/SEI_208410105.jpg?width=1300 1300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18113652\/SEI_208410105.jpg?width=1400 1400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18113652\/SEI_208410105.jpg?width=1500 1500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18113652\/SEI_208410105.jpg?width=1600 1600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18113652\/SEI_208410105.jpg?width=1674 1674w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18113652\/SEI_208410105.jpg?width=1700 1700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18113652\/SEI_208410105.jpg?width=1800 1800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18113652\/SEI_208410105.jpg?width=1900 1900w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18113652\/SEI_208410105.jpg?width=2006 2006w\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-image-context=\"Article\" data-image-id=\"2435973\" data-caption=\"L\u00e9a Seydoux (and plenty of dolls) sets the screen on fire in The Beast\" data-credit=\"Carole Bethuel\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"ArticleImageCaption\">\n<div class=\"ArticleImageCaption__CaptionWrapper\">\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Title\">L\u00e9a Seydoux (and plenty of dolls) sets the screen on fire in The Beast<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Credit\">Carole Bethuel<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt14407336\/\">The Beast<\/a><\/strong><\/em><br \/><strong>Bertrand Bonello<\/strong><br \/>In cinemas<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomething or other lay in wait for him,\u201d wrote Henry James in 1903, \u201camid the twists and turns of the months and the years, like a crouching beast in the jungle.\u201d The beast in his tale was (just to spoil it for you) fear itself, for it was fear that stopped our hero from living any kind of worthwhile life.<\/p>\n<p>Swap around the genders of the couple at the heart of James\u2019s <i>The Beast in the Jungle\u2026<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a 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