“Are you protecting Pascal because you think he’s innocent or
is this just another way of taking revenge on the world?”

FLIX PIX Staff Selection: A near genreless slowburn that will wreck you in the best possible way … You’re welcome. — Jordan

Beast (2017)

About: Moll (Jessie Buckley) is 27 and still living at home, stifled by the small island community around her and too beholden to her family to break away. When she meets Pascal (Johnny Flynn), a free-spirited stranger, a whole new world opens up to her and she begins to feel alive for the first time, falling madly in love. Finally breaking free from her family, Moll moves in with Pascal to start a new life. But when he is arrested as the key suspect in a series of brutal murders, she is left isolated and afraid. Choosing to stand with him against the suspicions of the community, Moll finds herself forced to make choices that will impact her life forever. (BeastTheFilm.com)

Director: Michael Pearce

Year Released: 2017

Rating: R

Run Time: 107 minutes

Cast: With Jessie Buckley, Johnny Flynn, Geraldine James, Charley Palmer Rothwell, and Hattie Gotobed

Showing: June 13, 9:00 p.m.