La Belle et la bete is far the best adaptation to the screen. The dialogues, the screenplay, the set decoration, incredible. The story is known but the ending is awesome. It is worth seeing it. Jean Marais plays the 3 most important characters: the bete, avenant and the prince. What about the special and visual effects? Come on, now is 2002 but this movie is from 1946. Supreme. Visual, dialogues, performances, all. One of the best movies of all time. Look, I am not trying to convince anybody. Simply the best.