Plot

Belle's father owes Prince Leon money, but can't pay, so he gives him his daughter until he's able to pay.

The story starts with Bella Dubois, daughter of a merchant/Sea captain. She decides to be a maidservant at Leon's castle because her father couldn't afford the debt at the moment. When Leon first meets Bella he has passionate feelings for her because of her bravery and she seems to understand his anguished memories.Their love is developing beautifully but encounters opposition in the form of his jealous cousin. Prince Leon finally convinces Bella that she is not a bet. He cancels her father's debt, frees her and they marry.

When a sea captain loses all his cargo in a shipwreck, he faces an unimaginable choice: to give his ship to the heartless prince to whom he is indebted, or to send one of his daughters to work for him. His younger daughter Bella slips away and presents herself in the prince's castle. Prince Leon is known for his cruelty and capricious behavior, and wears a mask to hide an ugly scar. But he is also tormented by a secret from his past. Initially charmed by Bella's beauty and unflinching courage, he seeks to make her another of his conquests, even making a bet with his cousin he can seduce her within weeks. But Bella is not so easily swayed. Beautifully filmed in northern Italy, this lush and passionate take on a classic tale relies not on magic, but something more powerful. Can the ocean be tamed? Can a beast be worthy of love?—Renee

Really good movie, it was romantic and it has a fairytale atmosphere. The movie is for the whole family. It reminded me of The phantom of the opera with the mask that the Beast, prince Leon has. I give it a 10. Leon is the prince, he had a wife but one night she dies. Bella's father has to pay money to prince Leon back and he does not have them so Bella goes to work for the prince to repay him. At first she thinks he is a bad person, he is a beast insode not outside, yes he has a mask on one side of the face but it's a scar, nothing too bad, then she sees him with different eyes, they spend the night in the greenhouse and after that he invites her to dinner and they dance. Price Leon tells her that she loves her and Bella asks him to give her 3 days to go see her father and sister. Leon thinks that she will not return but she does and they kiss. There is another woman that loves the prince,Helene, but he does not love her, she tries to make Bella to hate Leon and Bella finds out that Leon and Leon made a bet that Bela will end up in his bed, and she thinks that he does not really love her so she runs away from the castle, Leon finds her and brings her back. This is the end of part 1. In part 2 Bella is sick and Leon saves her, she does leave from the castle and spends time with her family onlty to return and save him from the angry peasants. Helene is angry and tries to kill Bella and in the end she falls from the balcony and dies, she was the one that killed Leon's first wife. Leon and Bella get married.