The Beautiful Beast

The Beautiful Beast is a Canadian drama film, directed by Karim Hussain and released in 2006. An adaptation of Marie-Claire Blais's 1959 novel Mad Shadows , the film centres on a dysfunctional family headed by single mother Louise, who has an abusive relationship with her children Patrice and Isabelle-Marie.
The cast also includes David La Haye, Sébastien Huberdeau, Ludivine Reding, Normand Lévesque, Nicolas Girard Deltruc and Richard Tassé.
The film premiered on October 11, 2006 at the Sitges Film Festival, before going into general release in Quebec on November 3.
Patrick [Watson (musician)|Patrick Watson] and Dhavernas received a Genie Award nomination for Canadian [Screen Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song] at the 27th Genie Awards in 2007, for the song "Trace-moi".