Beauty and the Beast () is a 1983 Danish drama film written and directed by Nils Malmros. The film stars Line Arlien-Søborg as a sexually active 16-year-old and Jesper Klein as the father who struggles to accept his daughter's relationships with boys as well as his own jealousy. Malmros, who had worked with the young Arlien-Søborg on his coming-of-age drama, Tree of Knowledge, wrote the role of the daughter specifically for her.
The film follows 16-year-old Kirsten, a confident and curious teenager exploring her emerging sexuality. Her relationships with various boys become a source of tension with her father, a schoolteacher, who finds himself torn between his protective instincts and a growing, uncomfortable jealousy. As their emotional conflict intensifies, the film examines the complexities of adolescence, parental boundaries, and the pain of growing apart. Set in a quiet Danish town, Beauty and the Beast offers a psychologically nuanced portrait of a father-daughter relationship strained by love, independence, and identity.
Both Arlien-Søborg and Klein won the 1984 Bodil and Robert awards for acting. Beauty and the Beast received the 1984 Bodil Award for Best Danish Film and Robert Award for Danish Film of the Year. The film was entered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival.