
He leads Perducas and his gang to the castle. Figuring that the castle may contain further treasures, he wants to get it to settle his debt to gangster Perducas ( Eduardo Noriega). Her eldest brother, Maxime ( Nicolas Gob) finds a jewel on her clothing. He states that if she does not return to him in one day, he will die.īelle goes home, where her father is bedridden and dying. He agrees to let her return home, giving her a small vial of healing water. He saves her and brings her back to the castle. As Belle is pinned, the Beast attempts to kiss her when the ice beneath her breaks. Shocked, she attempts to escape only for the Beast to catch up on the frozen lake. That night, she witnesses the Beast prey upon a hog. When he refuses, she rejects him once again. The Beast asks for Belle's love but she demands to see her family first. Belle says she will dance with him if she is allowed to see her family one last time. At dinner, the Beast attempts to charm her, only to be rejected, which angers him. The prince is after an elusive golden deer and when the princess asks him to stop hunting it, he promises to do so if she will give him a son. She has a dream, revealing the prince's past he enjoys hunting, but often ignores the Princess ( Yvonne Catterfeld) who loves him but is lonely. After learning of her father's fate, Belle, feeling responsible, takes his place.Īt the castle, Belle is given permission to roam the grounds, but must have dinner with the Beast every evening.

As punishment, the Beast demands that the merchant return after saying goodbye to his children. He is confronted by the Beast, who is angry that he stole despite the Beast's help. He departs and picks a rose in the garden for Belle. On the way home, he gets lost and stumbles upon the castle of the Beast ( Vincent Cassel), where all of his needs are magically met, including food, the items his daughters had asked him for and his injured horse, cured. The merchant arrives and learns that the ship and its cargo have been taken to settle his debts. 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.
When one of the merchant's ships is found, the merchant prepares to return to reclaim his assets. His youngest daughter, Belle ( Léa Seydoux) is the only one happy with the change.


