SUMMARY:
After a young handsome but stuck-up prince dismisses an old beggar woman because of her appearance, the woman turns out to be a beautiful enchantress and casts a spell on the prince that turns him into a hideous beast. In addition, the prince's servants are all transformed into objects that pertain to their profession. To break the spell, he needs to learn to love a person for who they are, and get her to love him before a magical rose loses its petals. Meanwhile in a close village, a beautiful young intelligent girl, Belle feels friendless and out of place. She lives with her odd but kind father, Maurice. Soon, Maurice sets off to participate in an inventors' fair but gets lost in the woods and ends up a captive in the beast's castle. Belle soon finds the castle and convinces the beast to let her father go in exchange for her staying there with him. As the beast's inner compassion gradually reveals itself, Belle falls in love with him. However, a rude, egotistical and overly-masculine suitor from Belle's town, Gaston, takes his gang to 'rescue’ her from the beast. Gaston ends up stabbing him. Thankfully, when Belle rushes to the beast and expresses her love for him, he comes back to life again as a handsome prince.