''The Beautiful Beast'' (french: La Belle bête) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Karim Hussain and released in 2006. An adaptation of

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's 1959 novel '' Mad Shadows (La Belle bête)'', the film centres on a dysfunctional family headed by single mother Louise (

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), who has an abusive relationship with her children Patrice (

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) and Isabelle-Marie (

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). The cast also includes

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, Sébastien Huberdeau,

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, Normand Lévesque, Nicolas Girard Deltruc and Richard Tassé. The film premiered on October 11, 2006 at the Sitges Film Festival, before going into general release in Quebec on November 3. Patrick Watson and Dhavernas received a Genie Award nomination for

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at the

27th Genie Awards The 27th Genie Awards were held on February 13, 2007 to honour films released in 2006. The ceremony was located at the Carlu theatre in Toronto. '' The Rocket (Maurice Richard)'' was the most successful film at these awards, winning nine of its ...

in 2007, for the song "Trace-moi"."The Rocket, Bon Cop lead Canada's Genie nominations"
'' Screen Daily'', January 9, 2007.

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* 2006 films 2006 drama films Canadian drama films Films directed by Karim Hussain Films based on Canadian novels Incest in film French-language Canadian films 2000s Canadian films {{2000s-Canada-film-stub