<Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> US $49.1 million (international) </Td> </Tr> <P> Beauty and the Beast (French: La Belle et la Bête) is a 2014 Franco - German romantic fantasy film based on the traditional fairy tale of the same name by Gabrielle - Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve . Written by Christophe Gans and Sandra Vo - Anh and directed by Gans, the film stars Léa Seydoux as Belle and Vincent Cassel as the Beast . </P> <P> The film was screened out of competition at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival and was released in France on 12 February 2014 to positive reviews, becoming a box office success . International reviews were more mixed . It was nominated for the People's Choice Award for Best European Film at the 27th European Film Awards . It also received three nominations at the 40th César Awards, winning Best Production Design for Thierry Flamand . </P> <P> A widowed merchant (André Dussollier) is forced to move to the countryside after going bankrupt, with his six children, three sons and three daughters . His youngest daughter, Belle (Léa Seydoux) is the only one happy with the change . When one of the merchant's ships is found, the merchant prepares to return to reclaim his assets . While his two older, spoiled daughters give him a long list of expensive things to bring back for them, Belle asks only for a rose . The merchant arrives and learns that the ship and its cargo have been taken to settle his debts . On the way home through the forest, the merchant loses his way, his horse slips and is injured, and they are attacked by wolves . He laments that he has "not even a weapon to finish off" the poor horse . The merchant stumbles upon the magical domain of the Beast (Vincent Cassel). In the castle, all of his needs are magically met, including food, the exact items his daughters had asked him to bring, and his horse, magically cured . He packs up and departs with the items . Passing through the garden, he recalls Belle's request of a rose, and he picks one . He is immediately confronted by the Beast, who thunders at him for taking the rose . As punishment, the Beast demands the merchant return to the castle in one day after saying goodbye to his children . If he fails to return, his family will be killed . The father returns home and tells the story to his children . Learning of her father's fate, Belle, feeling responsible, takes her father's horse and returns to the castle to offer herself in the place of her father . </P>

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