Jean Cocteau's classic fantasy re-casts the well-known fairy tale. When Beauty's father picks a rose at a deserted castle, a beast in Prince's clothing appears and tells him he must die. He sends the man home to say good-bye to his family, whereupon Beauty offers to take her father's place. She goes off to the castle but instead of killing her, the beast falls in love with her.

Jean Renoir's classic (and almost lost) portrayal of the French Bourgeoisie of the 1930's ridicules the class notions of love and honour. A young man Amore, who has just made an historic transatlantic flight, goes, with his friend Octave (director Jean Renoir), to a shooting weekend presided over by the husband of the woman he is in love with. But the manners and 'rules of the game' of the group of people in the party begin to crumble.