The Beasts

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The Beasts

Released Jul 28, 2023

2h 18m

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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An expatriate French couple (Denis Ménochet and Marina Foïs) operate an organic farm in the Spanish countryside. However, their earnest enthusiasm reeks of patronizing privilege to the handful of "hill people" families who have toiled on the land for generations. Tensions between locals and foreigners boil over in this edge-of-your-seat thriller.

Critics Consensus

Rodrigo Sorogoyen throws us into rural Galicia with The Beasts, where tension and unease spread like wildfire in a scorching tale of decayed human nature.

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Bilge Ebiri

New York Magazine/Vulture

Sorogoyen might give lip service to the economic realities underlying the land dispute, but he’s also not afraid to take sides and to entertain.

Dec 9, 2023

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Mark Kermode

Kermode and Mayo's Take (YouTube)

It becomes unbearably tense, really, really properly tense.

Dec 6, 2023

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Sergio Burstein

Los Angeles Times

Impressive in its setting, positive outlook, and in its reference to character development. [Full review in Spanish]

Oct 5, 2023

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William Stottor

FILMHOUNDS Magazine

The Beasts subverts expectations and, despite some scenes and plot points occasionally being too elongated, the overarching tangent of organicity and ferocity make this meaty, bruising thriller a must-watch.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 3, 2024

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Diana Tuova

Spotlight on Film

The Beasts shows that enmity can be subtle and insidious...the film’s distinction resides in its painstaking exploration of a very human drama, a very vivid drama, a drama handled so sensitively and yet with such vigour.

Rated: 4.5/5

Jul 28, 2024

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Yasser Medina

Cinefilia

Sorogoyen constructs a murk portrait of xenophobia and peasant disputes, which never loses its level of tension when exploring the boiling point that condenses in a rural zone filled with violence, intolerance and resentment. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 7/10

Jul 16, 2024

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Ricardo d

É um filme vendido como terror, mas é um terror psicológico e extremamente real. Com uma cadência lenta, sem monstros nem heróis de aço. Somente pessoas comuns com toda a maldade existente dentro de cada um. O fim pode não agradar a todos, mas eu gostei pois deixa o filme ainda quente em nossas memórias por um bom tempo.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/01/24

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positive m

Social Intelligence Fairness Prudence

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

11/15/24

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Audience Member

A Spanish French film that really puts you on edge, brilliant acting by all the lead characters and well worth a watch

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/10/24

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S P

Tough but realistic film. Mirrors the terribly true story of the Dutch Martin Verfondern https://archive.is/KHfGb. There is a documentary from 2016 called Santoalla to complete this watching to make it even more depressing.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/05/24

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Alec B

At times, the movie has a tendency to openly state the themes clumsily but it's hard to deny the emotional effectiveness of the ending

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/04/24

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Jonathan S

One of the worst films I've ever sat through. Utterly brilliant first half, but fuelled only by the false hope that something mesmerising was coming in the second... it wasn't. Do not waste two hours of your life on this. Absolutely no value as entertainment or education or anything else. Ultimately it was just a cheap, grey, Jean de Florette-wannabe misery-porno.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/25/24

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Synopsis

An expatriate French couple (Denis Ménochet and Marina Foïs) operate an organic farm in the Spanish countryside. However, their earnest enthusiasm reeks of patronizing privilege to the handful of "hill people" families who have toiled on the land for generations. Tensions between locals and foreigners boil over in this edge-of-your-seat thriller.

Director: Rodrigo Sorogoyen
Producer: Ibón Cormenzana, Ignasi Estapé, Sandra Tapia, Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Eduardo Villanueva, Thomas Pibarot, Jean Labadie, Anne Labadie
Screenwriter: Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Isabel Peña
Distributor: Greenwich Entertainment
Production Co: Comunidad de Madrid, Radio Televisión Española, Latido Films, Eurimages, Canal+, Gobierno de España, Cofimage 33, Ciné+, Le Pacte, Crea SGR, Caballo Films, Cronos Entertainment, SofiTVciné 9, Movistar+, Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales, Institut Català de les Empreses Culturals, Arcadia Motion Pictures
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 28, 2023, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 26, 2023
Runtime: 2h 18m
Aspect Ratio: Digital 2.39:1

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