An expatriate French couple operate an organic farm in the Spanish countryside but clash with villagers.An expatriate French couple operate an organic farm in the Spanish countryside but clash with villagers.An expatriate French couple operate an organic farm in the Spanish countryside but clash with villagers.
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- TriviaBased on a true story, which is documented in Santoalla (2016).
- GoofsTowards the beginning of the movie when Antoine is clearing brambles in the ruined house, there are some ripe (black) blackberries, which starts to happen around late August. However, a bit later in the movie, they start planting tomatoes, which is usually done in Spring, a few months earlier.
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As bestas
To my limited knowledge of Galician cinema, based on a handful of movies by Lois Patiño, Oliver Laxe and Eloy Enciso, today I add Rodrigo Sorogoyen's film «As bestas», a work that I add to the alternative offer, thanks to the contribution of friends and my own search for a different cinema and with greater values than the bad Los Angeles productions that project all fronts, offering us more of the same over and over again.
Rather than watching another Hollywood version of «Pinocchio» and another call to war in «Avatar», I prefer this strong, harsh and rough story in rural Galicia, about farmers, those people who supply the tables of the poor and the millionaires, who, in addition, deceive them by buying their land for nothing to build at a lower price what costs them a small fortune in their countries, such as wind turbines.
The initial sequence of «As bestas» warns us of what we are going to see: three men knock down a wild horse to guarantee its existence in freedom (the number of wild horses in Galicia has reduced to 50% in five decades). That force and stabilizing element of the ecological balance are in danger of extinction and the kind of persons who appear in the film is equally destined to disappear... for the sake of "progress".
The film tells the story of a French couple who live in a town in Galicia, afflicted by the abandonment of its locals and state oblivion. When the French husband convinces a group of Galicians not to sell their land to a Dutch company that wants to install wind turbines, it arouses the hatred of two neighbors in favor of the sale, a hatred that reaches tragic levels.
«As bestas» goes beyond this mere anecdote briefly described and becomes a dramatic treatise that combines elements of ethnography, cultural identity, economy, nationality, migration, gender, xenophobia, crime, and rights to decent work and standard of living. The story follows the Aristotelian structure, although at one point the center of attention shifts from the French man to his wife, who brings the drama to a sensible and reasonable conclusion.
«As bestas» is also graced by the work of the cast, made up of a happy integration of professional and natural actors. Awarded at the San Sebastián, Chicago and Tokyo film festivals, it is a highly recommended motion picture.
Rather than watching another Hollywood version of «Pinocchio» and another call to war in «Avatar», I prefer this strong, harsh and rough story in rural Galicia, about farmers, those people who supply the tables of the poor and the millionaires, who, in addition, deceive them by buying their land for nothing to build at a lower price what costs them a small fortune in their countries, such as wind turbines.
The initial sequence of «As bestas» warns us of what we are going to see: three men knock down a wild horse to guarantee its existence in freedom (the number of wild horses in Galicia has reduced to 50% in five decades). That force and stabilizing element of the ecological balance are in danger of extinction and the kind of persons who appear in the film is equally destined to disappear... for the sake of "progress".
The film tells the story of a French couple who live in a town in Galicia, afflicted by the abandonment of its locals and state oblivion. When the French husband convinces a group of Galicians not to sell their land to a Dutch company that wants to install wind turbines, it arouses the hatred of two neighbors in favor of the sale, a hatred that reaches tragic levels.
«As bestas» goes beyond this mere anecdote briefly described and becomes a dramatic treatise that combines elements of ethnography, cultural identity, economy, nationality, migration, gender, xenophobia, crime, and rights to decent work and standard of living. The story follows the Aristotelian structure, although at one point the center of attention shifts from the French man to his wife, who brings the drama to a sensible and reasonable conclusion.
«As bestas» is also graced by the work of the cast, made up of a happy integration of professional and natural actors. Awarded at the San Sebastián, Chicago and Tokyo film festivals, it is a highly recommended motion picture.
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- €3,900,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $46,105
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,248
- Jul 30, 2023
- Gross worldwide
- $10,067,896
- Runtime2 hours 17 minutes
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- 2.39 : 1
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