For some reason Beast caught my attention, I read an article about it that motivated me to take into consideration the possibility of seeing it, and although I did not expect much from it, I expected to find an acceptable entertainment and a fascinating plot, and that is precisely what I obtained. If you want to know more about this film, continue reading.

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Year: 2017
Category: Psychological Thriller.
Director: Michael Pearce.
Cast: Jessie Buckley, Johnny Flynn, Emily Taaffe, Geraldine James, Trystan Gravelle, Oliver Maltman, Charley Palmer Rothwell, Shannon Tarbet, Olwen Fouere, Tim Woodward.

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Plot

A grieving woman living in an isolated community on the island of Jersey is caught between the control of her oppressive family and the attraction she feels for a mysterious subject suspected of having carried out a series of brutal murders.

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Opinion

Moll works as a guide while living with her rich parents, helping to take care of her father with dementia under the harsh surveillance of her mother, who controls Moll's life and treats her emotions with contempt and indifference, which causes her to slowly leave breaking internally which will lead to escape from her own birthday party, to go to a bar where she stays up all night dancing and talking to a young man with whom she goes to the coast at dawn, but at that moment the young man tries to have sex with Moll, and although she resists, he does not stop, so a stranger named Pascal Renouf appears, who scares the young man with his rifle, and then gives a ride to Moll to his house.

Quickly Moll will begin a relationship with Pascal, which will lead to free herself from her mother's control and reveal against her family and other close people, since they reject Pascal, first because he is poor and has a bad appearance, and in second because the community is very upset after a series of unresolved rapes and murders in which Pascal may be suspicious.

Thus the film begins to develop a wonderful psychological thriller in which everything is uncertain, including the very condition of the protagonist, terrified of herself by a disturbing past, and by frequent dreams and nightmares that suggest many things to the viewer. The killer can be anyone, but regardless of that the result affects Moll psychologically, who throughout the film is fighting internal and external battles.

The natural landscape shown in the shots are very beautiful, the weather looks great, and the scenes on the coast, in the woods, and in the open spaces suggest the passivity of a quiet place in which suddenly a threat has broken out.

The direction and script work done by Michael Pearce was very good, although it is the first time I see a film directed by him. The acting work is really very good, especially the work done by Jessie Buckley, whom I see working for the first time, and who left me impressed. Johnny Flynn also makes an acceptable performance, but evidently is overshadowed by Jessie.

In conclusion, it is a film that is especially based on deepening the psychological nature of the characters and creating an atmosphere that is contrasted in the environment, climate and tension of the protagonist, taking care of visual aesthetics and with a very good staging.

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