September 2023

THE BEASTS 

'As bestas'

Showing: 8.45pm Sept  6,  2023

Director: Rodrigo Sorogoyen

Cast: Denis Ménochet, Marina Foïs, Luis Zahera, Diego Anido

Film info:

137 mins. Spain / France. 2022.  15A

French couple Antoine and Olga have fulfilled their dream of moving to the Galician

countryside , setting up their own farm. Their refusal to sell their land to developers

creates tensions with local brothers Xan and Loren, who want the money for a chance at a new life.

Tensions boil over leading to increasingly tense and violent confrontations between the

neighbours.

Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s engrossing thriller is a slow burn in the best possible way. Aided by

remarkably naturalistic performances, this is a methodical film where the tension builds and

builds in a manner that’s utterly compelling. It’s no surprise it dominated at Spain’s Goya film

awards, where it won in nine categories including Best Film.

Festivals & awards:

Dublin International Film Festival, 2023

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Best Film (Dublin Film Critics’ Circle)

Goya Awards, 2023

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winner of nine awards including Best

Film, Best Director, Best Actor,

Best Supporting Actor and Best Original Screenplay

César Awards, 2023

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Best Foreign Film

Quotes:

“

★★★★★

A terrific, gripping drama that will cross cultural borders with ease. Every nation

has such stories.”

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Donal Clark,

the Irish Times

“And while the jostling of the men and the sense of mounting threat is compellingly

unsettling, it is Olga as a character, and Fois as an actor,

who is the film’s secret weapon

.”

Wendy Ide