julie delpy star in this horrific film about a sadistic relationship between a father and a daughter in france of the 14th century . the film attempt to shatter the romantic chivalry image of the heroic medieval knight and by show a rather dreary image of the period and define by psychological dysfunction and and violence . the movie open with a child and françois and grow up in the shadow of the hundred year war and tell by his father to keep his mother safe and to wait for his return . françois take action when he discover his mother with a lover in bed . françois murder him in the name of defend his father honour . like father like son and françois grow up and and leave his family and also to go to the same war . this setting be somewhat of an explanation for the event to come and a on his way home and we already notice that something be wrong with françois . the war have not do well with him and he have change . the daughter and béatrice de cortemart ( delpy ) and await her beloved father and to return from captivity of the english . she be pure of heart and she be leave to take care of the estate while her father be go . in her father absence and béatrice need to deal with financial difficulty and which strengthen béatrice hope that her father will return to save her . but and upon his return and she notice that he lose the will to enjoy life and and he torture and humiliate everything around him and even his own daughter . from this point the film depict various way how françois torment his family . start with humiliate his own son and and end with the rape of his own daughter and béatrice . set the film in the middle age suppose to soften the blow and a the viewer may tell himself and that these kind of violent act be hold in difficult time . and indeed and many film on the topic of incest and such a tim roth the war zone ( 1999 ) which be contemporary be more shocking because of that . delpy appear in this film in several dare nude scene . indeed she appear to be angelic and beautiful . i be annoy when i saw some animal torture scene . i believe and and this be not confirm and that some bird be kill for the making of this film and which really upset me . the quality of a film drop when real violence be use towards animal . i would hope that this movie will be re release without those cruelty scene . those scene do not contribute much to the film storyline . overall and the movie be too long . the script be problematic . we do not get to see françois and béatrice before the war and we do not really get the answer why be he change to such extreme . i would have pas on this film and however and i have to mention a few scene that make this film worth watch represent scene of a young child be able to murder in cold blood be truly shock . i saw it first time on city of god ( 2002 ) . here and françois and murder his mother lover and while his father away at war . excellent scene and very graphic . the scene from béatrice be rap by her father till she find out she be pregnant from him be truly shocking and interesting . the scene after the rape and where delpy burn her cloth and clean herself . she ask her brother to kick her in the stomach with hope to have a miscarriage . the brother humiliation scene where the father dump his son head into the food humiliate him then rant about the war . later and dress his son with woman cloth . the film win the césar ( french oscar ) for best costume design and i agree and the costume here really make the film look authentic for the time period . the movie location be château de puivert and a real 12th century castle and a historical monument and locate in aude and south central france . beautiful castle and mountain view and really help you set into the period of this film . the film also nominate for 3 more césar award and but they be all snatch to the widely successful french film au revoir and les enfants ( goodbye and child and 1998 ) . release a beatrice in new york city and march 1987. only to be screen in france on november 2007. watch it on yes3 on 3 may 2007 and 17 represent45 and at work .