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'The Beasts' is a 2022 Spanish-French rural thriller film directed by Rodrigo Sorogoyen which stars Denis Menochet, Marina Fos, Luis Zahera and Diego Anido. It is set in Galicia, and shot in French, Spanish and Galician.

Plot



Set in the Galician countryside, the plot follows a French couple who settle in a small village seeking to connect with nature. However their presence arouses hostility and downright violence from a couple of locals.

Cast



* Denis Menochet as Antoine[https://le-pacte.com/storage/uploads/1a28fbab-f609-4cb9-b584-d65540ac2b4f/DP---AS-BESTAS.pdf As Bestas Press kit by Le Pacte (in French)]

* Marina Fos as Olga

* Luis Zahera as Xan

* as Lorenzo

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* Machi Salgado

Production



The film was produced by Arcadia Motion Pictures, Caballo Films, Cronos Entertainment and , with the participation of RTVE, Movistar+, Canal+ and Cine+, support from Eurimages, and funding from ICAA. The screenplay was penned by long-time collaborator Isabel Pea and Sorogoyen. The production crew also features other Sorogoyen's recurring collaborators (such as Olivier Arson as composer, as director of cinematography and Alberto del Campo as film editor).

Sorogoyen reported that he would shoot the film "as a western". Filming began on 16 September 2021 and wrapped on 13 December 2021. Shooting locations included El Bierzo and inland Galicia.

Release



'The Beasts' debuted at the 75th Cannes Film Festival on 26 May 2022, screened out of competition in the Cannes Premire section. The film opened in French theatres on 20 July 2022. It will also screen at the 70th San Sebastin International Film Festival, as part of the 'Pearls' film slate. As of April 2022, it has a tentative theatrical release date in Spain set for 11 November 2022.

Reception



Wendy Ide of 'ScreenDaily' deemed the film to be "a terrific psychological thriller and a brooding, muscular piece of filmmaking which makes the most of both the Galician backdrop and the imposing physicality of Menochet and, as his nemesis Xan, the remarkable Luis Zahera.

Manu Yez of 'Fotogramas' rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, writing that Sorogoyen "shows his talent for generating situations charged with blatant hostility", assessing "the way Sorogoyen manages the tempo of each scene" to be the best about the film, while drawing out the "grotesque portrait of the inhabitants of rural Galicia", close to the caricature, as the worst thing about it.

In August 2022, the members of the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain selected 'The Beasts' in their shortlist of three pre-selections for their submission to the 95th Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film alongside 'Alcarrs' and 'Lullaby'.

See also



* List of Spanish films of 2022

* List of French films of 2022

* Santoalla

References




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