Belle is a young girl mocked by the villagers because she enjoys reading and her father is a scatter brained inventor. One night, her father gets lost and must take refuge in the enchanted home of the Beast, a young man transformed by a spell to remain in a horrible form until he loves and is loved in return. The Beast demands that Belle come stay with him in his mansion to repay the kindness he paid her father. She agrees, to save her beloved father, but will she be strong enough to break the curse and love a beast?