Don't miss another showing...

Film Chase will notify you via email when Beauty Becomes the Beast (1979) is being screened in cinemas across the UK, including Cineworld, Odeon, Vue, Showcase, Curzon, Everyman, and more.

Get notified instantly whenever Beauty Becomes the Beast (1979) is showing in a UK cinema!

Beauty Becomes the Beast's poster image

Beauty Becomes the Beast

1979 ยท 45 mins

Beauty Becomes the Beast describes a random access world mediated by TV images and shards of popular culture. The film features a powerful performance by Lydia Lunch regressing from adulthood to childhood, hinting at a sexually abusive past. It concerns itself with the position of woman as subject and the way women experience patriarchal law and the heterosexual order.

Director: Vivienne Dick

Cast: Adele Bertei, Lydia Lunch, Klaus Nomi

Media

Beauty Becomes the Beast's poster

Recommendations