Original Title: La belle et la bête

Directed by: Jean Cocteau

Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film!

Synopsis: The classic telling of the fairy tale finds Belle (Josette Day) sacrificing herself to the whims of a Beast (Jean Marais) in order to save her father (Marcel André).

Kitty Cameo: Avanant (Jean Marais) is with Belle’s brother Ludovic (Michel Auclair) at a table inside an inn. A longhair black and white cat is sitting on the table.

Desperate for money, Ludovic signs a contract with a moneylender (Raoul Marco), thinking one of his father’s ships has finally come in. The cat moves from the table just before he signs.

Final Mewsings: Cats can’t stand to see people making bad decisions.

Many thanks to Brian H for reminding us of the cat in this film.

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