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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.

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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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positive m Social IntelligenceFairnessPrudence Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 11/15/24 Full Review 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 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/10/24 Full Review 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 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/05/24 Full Review 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 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/04/24 Full Review 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 1/5 Stars • Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/25/24 Full Review Born K How much spoiler you can put on a poster? All of it it seems...The movie exposes some of the xenophobe caused by material issues that can happen anywhere in the world, but in Spain in this case against a couple of French that survives by an ecosutenatible live.The tensions rise up to peak and unavoidable point. Good acting, believable story, hard to watch - but with and open end that we (hope) wish for justice.A 7.5 out of 10.0 for me, B+. But could be better. Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/20/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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Rodrigo Sorogoyen Director Denis Ménochet Antoine Denis Marina Foïs Olga Denis Luis Zahera Xan Diego Anido Lorenzo Marie Colomb Marie Denis

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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: Institut Català de les Empreses Culturals, Canal+, Latido Films, Caballo Films, Cronos Entertainment, Gobierno de España, Cofimage 33, Movistar+, Arcadia Motion Pictures, Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales, Comunidad de Madrid, SofiTVciné 9, Crea SGR, Ciné+, Le Pacte, Eurimages, Radio Televisión Española
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