The Beast Must Die (Que la bête meure)
Filmhouse88 Lothian Road
Sat 12 Sept · 20:30
About this event
The screening on Sunday 13th September, 1:00pm will have an introduction from Dr Pasquale Iannone, Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of Edinburgh. He also produces and hosts Edinburgh Film Podcast. Book tickets for two or more of our Claude Chabrol films in the same transaction to receive a discount! A father whose son has been killed by a hit-and-run driver sets out to identify and murder the culprit, only to find the situation considerably more complicated than revenge usually allows. An adaptation of Cecil Day-Lewis' (Daniel's father) 1938 novel of the same name cited by Bong Joon Ho as a key influence on his Oscar-winning Parasite , Que la bête meure is a thriller that keeps pulling the moral rug from beneath audiences’ feet, leaving them, like its protagonist, in a place of deep discomfort.
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Dates & tickets
88 Lothian Road
20:30Sat 12 Sept
Thriller
13:00Sun 13 Sept
Thriller
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A different kind of night
Not the same tradition as the lineage above — a genuinely different thread to pull, if you want one.