英文简短剧情：
"Once upon a time..." A half-ruined merchant lives in the country with his son Ludovic and his three daughters.Two of the daughters,Felicie and Adelaide,are real shrews,selfish,pretentious,evil.They exploit the third daughter,Belle,as a servant.One day,the merchant get lost in the forest and enters a strange castle.He picks up a rose for Beauty,what makes the castle's owner appear.He is a monster,half-human (body) and half-beast (paws,head),and he has magic powers.He sentenced the merchant to death,unless one of his daughters replaces him.Beauty sacrifices herself for her father and go to the castle.She will discover that the Beast is not so wild and inhuman than it looks.
中文剧情：
本片讲述的是某一村庄的商人,有三个女儿与一个儿子,但他们不是素行不良就是心地恶毒,只有小女儿贝儿最为纯洁,却经常遭到他们的欺负.一次商人在回家的路上迷了路,睡在森林的一个废弃的房子.第二天起来看到园子里有许多玫瑰,于是采了一朵想献给小女儿.这时出现一个怪兽,它要他把命献给它,或者是把他的一个女儿的命献给它.商人回去后将这件事告诉了三个女儿,但只有小女儿一人愿去.来到森林后,她发现怪兽并没有伤害她,而是把她像女皇一样侍候着.贝儿的父亲病了,她得到怪兽的答应去看他,她的哥姐们看见她的穿着如此豪华,于是就去森林找怪兽,想偷它的钻石与值钱的东西.贝儿从魔镜里看到怪兽身患重病,于是骑着魔马,奔向森林,正好看见她的哥姐们侵入屋内想夺取宝石,夺宝石的哥哥被从女神像后射出的箭刺死,变成了怪兽；而怪兽因为被解除了魔法变成了一位俊美的王子.从此他与贝儿过上了幸福的生活.本片是诗人约翰．寇克多将多估蒙的童话故事改编成电影,运用慢动作的拍摄技巧,精心制作而成,结合幻想和古典美,令观众陶 然忘我.
