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The Beasts (Galician: As bestas) is a 2022 Spanish-French rural thriller film directed by Rodrigo Sorogoyen which stars Denis Menochet, Marina Foïs, Luis Zahera and Diego Anido. It is set in Galicia, and shot in French, Spanish and Galician.[1]

The Beasts
Galician	As bestas
Directed by	Rodrigo Sorogoyen
Written by	Isabel Peña Rodrigo Sorogoyen
Starring	Denis Menochet Marina Foïs Luis Zahera Diego Anido Marie Colomb
Cinematography	Alex de Pablo
Edited by	Alberto del Campo
Music by	Olivier Arson
Production companies	Arcadia Motion Pictures Caballo Films Cronos Entertainment Le Pacte
Distributed by	A Contracorriente Films (es)
Release dates	26 May 2022 (2022-05-26) (Cannes) 20 July 2022 (2022-07-20) (France) 11 November 2022 (2022-11-11) (Spain)
Countries	Spain France
Languages	French Spanish Galician

Plot

The plot is loosely inspired by real events that took place in Santoalla, a hamlet of Petín, from 2010 to 2014.[2] Set in the Galician countryside, it 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.[3][4]

Cast

• Denis Menochet as Antoine[5]
• Marina Foïs as Olga[5]
• Luis Zahera as Xan[6]
• Diego Anido [gl] as Lorenzo[5]
• Marie Colomb [fr][7]
• Machi Salgado[8]

Production

The film was produced by Arcadia Motion Pictures, Caballo Films, Cronos Entertainment and Le Pacte [fr], with the participation of RTVE, Movistar+, Canal+ and Cine+, support from Eurimages, and funding from ICAA.[1] The screenplay was penned by long-time collaborator Isabel Peña and Sorogoyen.[4] The production crew also features other Sorogoyen's recurring collaborators (such as Olivier Arson as composer, Alex de Pablo [es] as director of cinematography and Alberto del Campo as film editor).[1]

Sorogoyen reported that he would shoot the film "as a western".[3] Filming began on 16 September 2021 and wrapped on 13 December 2021.[1][9] Shooting locations included El Bierzo and inland Galicia.[10]

Release

The Beasts debuted at the 75th Cannes Film Festival on 26 May 2022,[11] screened out of competition in the Cannes Première section.[12][13] The film opened in French theatres on 20 July 2022.[14][15] It also screened at the 70th San Sebastián International Film Festival in September 2022, as part of the 'Pearls' film slate.[16][17] It was also selected in the 35th Tokyo International Film Festival's main slate (for its Asian premiere).[18] As of April 2022, it has a tentative theatrical release date in Spain set for 11 November 2022.[19]

Reception

Critical reception

According to the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, The Beasts has a 100% approval rating based on 10 reviews from critics, with an average rating of 8.5/10.[20]

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.[8]

Manu Yáñez 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 caricature, as the worst thing about it.[21]

Philipp Engel of Cinemanía rated the film 4½ stars, pointing out at two sequence shots working in a mirror-like fashion (respectively concerning Menochet, Zahera and Anido, and Foïs and Colomb) as the heart of the film, underscoring The Beasts to be "a beastly film, although not entirely rounded, due to [featuring] a complexity that moves it away from the purity of the western".[22]

Raquel Hernández Luján of HobbyConsolas rated The Beasts with 85 points ("very good"), highlighting the tension throughout its first hour as well as the performances by Ménochet, Foïs, and Zahera as the film's standouts.[23]

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 Alcarràs and Lullaby.[24]

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Recipient(s)	Result	Ref.
2022	70th San Sebastián International Film Festival	City of Donostia/San Sebastian Audience Award for Best European Film	The Beasts	Won	[25]
	58th Chicago International Film Festival	Gold Hugo		Nominated	[26]
		Silver Hugo for Best Ensemble Performance	Denis Ménochet, Marina Foïs, Luis Zahera, Diego Anido, and Marie Colomb	Won	[27]
	35th Tokyo International Film Festival	Grand Prix	The Beasts	Won	[28]
		Best Director	Rodrigo Sorogoyen	Won
		Best Actor	Denis Ménochet	Won
	28th Forqué Awards	Best Film	The Beasts	Pending	[29]
		Best Film Actor	Denis Ménochet	Pending

See also

• List of Spanish films of 2022
• List of French films of 2022
• Santoalla

References

External links

• The Beasts at IMDb 

На других языках

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- [en] The Beasts (2022 film)

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[es] As bestas

As bestas es una película de thriller rural hispanofrancés de 2022 dirigida por Rodrigo Sorogoyen y protagonizada por Denis Menochet, Marina Foïs, Luis Zahera y Diego Anido. Está ambientado en Galicia, y rodada en francés, castellano y gallego. Fue premio del Público Ciudad de Donostia a la Mejor Película Europea en la 70.ª edición del Festival de San Sebastián.[1] [2]

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