andré dussollier played belle's father in the 2014 beauty and the beast film.
who plays belle's father in the 2014 beauty and the beast film?
andré dussollier
a widowed merchant (andré dussollier) is forced to move to the countryside after going bankrupt, with his six children, three sons and three daughters. his youngest daughter, belle (léa seydoux) is the only one happy with the change. when one of the merchant's ships is found, the merchant prepares to return to reclaim his assets. while his two older, spoiled daughters give him a long list of expensive things to bring back for them, belle asks only for a rose. the merchant arrives and learns that the ship and its cargo have been taken to settle his debts. on the way home through the forest, the merchant loses his way, his horse slips and is injured, and they are attacked by wolves. he laments that he has "not even a weapon to finish off" the poor horse. the merchant stumbles upon the magical domain of the beast (vincent cassel). in the castle, all of his needs are magically met, including food, the exact items his daughters had asked him to bring, and his horse, magically cured. he packs up and departs with the items. passing through the garden, he recalls belle's request of a rose, and he picks one. he is immediately confronted by the beast, who thunders at him for taking the rose. as punishment, the beast demands the merchant return to the castle in one day after saying goodbye to his children. if he fails to return, his family will be killed. the father returns home and tells the story to his children. learning of her father's fate, belle, feeling responsible, takes her father's horse and returns to the castle to offer herself in the place of her father.
beauty and the beast (2014 film)
belle debuted in "beauty and the beast "(1991) as a beautiful bibliophile who, although praised by her fellow villagers for her unrivaled beauty, is at the same time ridiculed for her intelligence and non-conformity. having grown weary of her uneventful provincial life, in which she is relentlessly romantically pursued by an arrogant hunter named gaston, belle longs for adventure. after her father's horse returns without its rider, she willingly ventures into the woods in search of her father. she persuades the beast that she will trade her own freedom in return for her father's, since her father is ill in the dungeon, promising to remain with the beast in his castle among his staff of enchanted objects forever. belle's curiosity leads her to the forbidden west wing where she discovers an enchanted rose without realizing that it is tied to the beast's fate; and the beast's rage at her trespassing causes her to flee the castle on horseback. belle is pursued by wolves in the woods but they are driven off by the beast, afterwards belle helps the injured beast back to the castle and nurses him back to health. although she initially dislikes her captor, belle gradually learns to accept the beast in spite of his appearance and eventually befriends him. belle and the beast's strong bond greatly envies gaston to the point of which he storms the castle and mortally wounds the beast, though gaston falls to his own death in the process. however, belle confesses her love for the beast just in time to break the spell under which he had been placed by an enchantress as punishment for his selfish ways, and the beast ultimately transforms back into a handsome prince.
belle (beauty and the beast)