A Fairy Tale Comes To Life In New U.S. Trailer For 'Beauty And The Beast' With Léa Seydoux & Vincent Cassel

Next year, Disney will unleash the likely very successful live action reboot of “Beauty And The Beast” starring Emma Watson. But if you want an artier, more French version of the fable, then “Brotherhood Of The Wolf” and “Silent Hill” director Christoph Gans‘ rendition, which is soon to arrive on U.S. shores a couple of years after opening abroad, should do the trick.

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Starring Vincent Cassel as the Beast and Lea Seydoux as the beauty, this fairy tale gets a pretty CGI enhanced retelling, though it looks a bit more grown up and perhaps not one suited for the kiddies. Here’s the official synopsis:

1810. After the wreck of his ships, a financially-ruined merchant (André Dussollier) exiles himself in the countryside with his six children. Among them is Belle (Léa Seydoux), his youngest daughter, a joyful girl full of grace. One day, during an arduous journey, the merchant stumbles across the magical domain of the Beast (Vincent Cassel), who sentences him to death for stealing a rose. Feeling responsible for the terrible fate which has befallen her family, Belle decides to sacrifice herself and take her father’s place. At the Beast’s castle, it is not death that awaits Belle, but a strange life in which fantastical moments mingle with gaiety and melancholy. Every night, at dinner, Belle and the Beast sit down together. They learn about each other, taming one another like two strangers who are total opposites. When she has to repulse his amorous advances, Belle tries to pierce the mysteries of the Beast and his domain. And when night falls, the Beast’s past is revealed to her bit by bit in her dreams. It is a tragic story, which tells her that this solitary and fearsome being was once a majestic prince. Armed with her courage, ignoring every danger, and opening her heart, Belle manages to release the Beast from his curse. And in doing so, she discovers true love.

Also featuring André Dussollier, Eduardo Noriega, Myriam Charleins, Audrey Lamy, Sara Giraudeau, Jonathan Demurger, Nicolas Gob, Louka Meliava and Yvonne Catterfeld, “Beauty And The Beast” opens on September 23rd.