Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (films not included). Pages: 36. Chapters: Amour de poche, Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest, Beauties of the Night, Beauty and the Beast (1946 film), Beauty and the Devil, Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre, Black Moon (1975 film), Circus Angel, Dragon Hunters (film), DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp, Kirikou and the Sorceress, Kirikou and the Wild Beasts, L'Atlantide (1932 film), La bete, Les jeux sont faits (film), Les Visiteurs, Les Visiteurs du Soir, Liliom (1934 film), Nocturna (film), Nouvelle Vague (film), Orpheus (film), Parking (1985 film), Peau d'Ane, Prospero's Books, Tales of the Night (2011 film), The City of Lost Children, The Science of Sleep, The Secret of Moonacre, The Vintner's Luck (film), Wings of Desire, Youth Without Youth (film). Excerpt: Beauty and the Beast (French: ) is a 1946 French romantic fantasy film adaptation of the traditional fairy tale of the same name, written by Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont and published in 1757 as part of a fairy tale anthology (). Directed by French poet and filmmaker Jean Cocteau, the film stars Josette Day as Belle and Jean Marais. It is widely considered one of the finest fantasy films of all time. The plot of Cocteau's film revolves around Belle's father who is sentenced to death for picking a rose from Beast's garden. Belle offers to go back to the Beast in her father's place. Beast falls in love with her and proposes marriage on a nightly basis which she refuses. Belle eventually becomes more drawn to Beast, who tests her by letting her return home to her family telling her that if she doesn't return to him within a week, he will die of grief. While scrubbing the floor at home, Belle (Josette Day) is interrupted by her brother's friend Avenant (Jean Marais) who tells her she deserves better and suggests they get married. Belle rejects Avenant, ..