( Carole Laure ), a vain and frivolous widowed matriarch, treats her children with toxic partiality.

La Belle bête (The Beautiful Beast) is a 2006 Canadian psychological drama directed by Karim Hussain and based on Marie-Claire Blais' 1959 novel, Mad Shadows . The film, which explores narcissism and family dysfunction, is available in several versions on the social networking platform ok.ru/video/9382444599973.

This inversion challenges the audience's visual expectations. In the classic tale, the audience is asked to look past the surface to find the prince within. In Lister’s version, the audience is asked to look past the surface beauty to find the "monster" within. The film posits that Bella’s beauty is a mask for her sociopathy. This reflects a modern cultural anxiety regarding the "Hollywood Starlet" or "Supermodel"—a figure who is visually idolized but often culturally suspect of being vacuous or narcissistic.