Tivoli Presents: Beauty and the Beast (1946 film)
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Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art 4525 Oak St., Kansas City, Missouri
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Tivoli Presents: Beauty and the Beast (1946 film)
Experience Jean Cocteau’s landmark adaptation of the timeless fantasy – the story of a gentle-hearted beast in love with a simple and beautiful girl. She is drawn to the repellent but strangely fascinating Beast, who tests her fidelity by giving her a key, telling her that if she doesn’t return it to him by a specific time, he will die of grief. She is unable to return the key on time, but it is revealed that the Beast is the genuinely handsome one. A simple tale of tragic love that turns into a surreal vision of death, desire, and beauty.