Beauty and the Beast (1946)

Marcel André: Belle's Father

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• La Bête : So, my dear sir, you steal my roses. You steal my roses, the things I love most in all the world. Your luck has gone from bad to worse. You could have taken anything except my roses. The punishment for this simple theft is death!

  Belle's Father : Sir, I didn't know. I meant no harm. My daughter asked me to bring her a rose.

  La Bête : Don't address me as "sir." I'm called the Beast! I don't like compliments. Don't try to understand. You have fifteen minutes to prepare to die!

  Belle's Father : Sir...

  La Bête : Again! The Beast orders you to be silent. You stole a rose, so you must die. Unless one of your daughters... how many do you have?

  Belle's Father : Three.

  La Bête : Unless one of your daughters agrees to pay your debt and take your place.

  Belle's Father : But...

  La Bête : Don't argue! Be off! Make the most of the chance I have offered you. And should your daughters refuse to die in your place, swear to return in three days. Swear it!

  Belle's Father : I swear. But how will I find my way home? I got lost in the forest.

  La Bête : You'll find a white horse in my stables. His name is Magnificent. Whisper in his ear, "go where I am going, Magnificent. Go, go, go!" He'll take you home and bring you back to my castle, should your daughters prove too cowardly to ride him in your place. Go now!

• Belle : The Beast let me come to see you.

  Belle's Father : Then that monster has a soul?

  Belle : He suffers, Father. One half of him is in constant struggle with the other half. He's more cruel to himself than he is to human beings.

• Belle's Father : Belle, I saw him. That face is hideous.

  Belle : At first I was indeed afraid, Father. Now, I sometimes feel like bursting out laughing. But, then I look into his eyes and they're so sad, that I have to turn away from crying.

• Belle's Father : You manage to feel sorry for him?

  Belle : I bear his presence, because I'd be happy if I could make him forget his ugliness.

  Belle's Father : Your goodness will cost you dearly, my Belle.

  Belle : Father, that monster is good.