The Beasts

Antoine and Olga are a French couple living in a Galician village. There they lead a quiet life growing vegetables and rehabilitating old houses, although their coexistence with the locals is not as idyllic as they’d wish. Their refusal to implement a wind farm will heighten neighbourhood tensions, especially with brothers Xan and Lorenzo, and soon the domestic dispute will escalate to a point of no return.  

This smart and powerful drama, a multi-award winner at Tokyo International Film Festival, is so careful about building tension that the moments where characters reach breaking points are genuinely shocking. Antoine, played by the physically imposing Denis Ménochet (Inglourious Basterds), is particularly impressive as the well-meaning wannabe eco-farmer whose threshold for what he can tolerate from his aggressive neighbours is pushed to the very limit.  

Winner of 9 Awards, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay, at the 2023 Goya Awards (Spanish Oscars).