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The Beasts

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2022

Rodrigo Sorogoyen

Marina Foïs, Denis Ménochet, Luis Zahera, Diego Anido ...

7.6

34,805

Thriller. Drama French couple Antoine and Olga moved to a little village in the Galician countryside some time ago. There they live a quiet life, although their relations with the locals is not as idyllic as they would like them to be. A conflict with their neighbours, the Anta brothers, will see tension rise in the village to the point of no return.

	Author	Review
United States	Phil de Semlyen Time Out	"It is still a compelling, tragic study of human conflict in a scarily believable context (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"'The Beasts' is a strange film in many ways, difficult to pin down tonally or generically, but it leaves a trail of unease in the mind. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Wendy Ide Screendaily	"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 the remarkable Luis Zahera"	POS
Canada	Eric Ortiz García Screen Anarchy	"[It] stands out for its accomplished sequences of mundane tension in crescendo and for the complex background of the conflict"	POS
United States	Beatrice Loayza The New York Times	"An engrossing rural thriller"	POS
United States	William Repass Slant	"It has a distinctive look but one that remains static over two-plus hours (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Kevin Maher The Times	"Sorogoyen deftly steers the drama clear of exploitation cinema (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Jordan Mintzer The Hollywood Reporter	"Searing small-town thriller"	POS
United States	Nick Schager The Daily Beast	"In the superb performances of its leads, it becomes a small-scale tragedy about arrogant intolerance and self-centeredness that's at once highly specific and, more depressing still, universal"	POS
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"A disturbing look at a deadlock between neighbors in lawless Galicia (...) [A] gripping art-house thriller"	POS
United States	Simon Abrams rogerebert.com	"It may not be realistic, but it is genuinely eerie (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Carlos Aguilar Los Angeles Times	"And that’s the visceral potency of 'The Beasts' (...) the film takes on an unexpected depth and even a semblance of closure"	POS
	Alfonso Rivera Cineuropa	"Divided into two time frames, 'The Beasts' is not only disturbing but also deeply moving. Beneath its violent film texture pulsates a thrilling love story'"	POS
Ireland	Donald Clarke Irish Times	"A terrific, gripping drama that will cross cultural borders with ease (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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