BEIJING, April?4 (Xinhuanet) -- "Beauty and the Beast," a film directed by French film director Christophe Gans, will open the 4th Beijing International Film Festival on the evening of April 16.

The film, starring Vincent Cassel and Léa Seydoux, is a romantic fantasy film adapted from the fairy tale of the same name by French author Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve.

This year's Beijing film festival replaces the previously staged live art performance with a film screening.