The Beasts

Antoine and Olga, a French couple, have been living in a small village in Galicia for a long time. They practice eco-responsible agriculture and restore abandoned houses to facilitate repopulation. Everything should be idyllic except for their opposition to a wind turbine project that creates a serious conflict with their neighbors. The tension will rise to the point of irreparability.

Cast

Marina Foïs

as Olga

Denis Ménochet

as Antoine

Luis Zahera

as Xan

Diego Anido

as Lorenzo

Marie Colomb

as Marie Denis

Machi Salgado

as Rafael

David Menéndez

as Cabo 3 Alfonso

Luisa Merelas

as Madre Anta

José Manuel Fernández y Blanco

as Pepiño

Federico Pérez Rey

as Cabo 1 Mariano

Reviews

CinemaSerf

"Olga" (Marina Foïs) and husband "Antoine" (Denis Ménochet) have recently located to a remote Spanish farming community where they are trying to make their living in as organic fashion as they can. Their neighbours, "Xan" (an excellent Luis Zahera) and "Loren" (Diego Anido) immediately take against ...

badelf

Living in a small town of retarded drunks who take a dislike to me for petty, subconscious reasons is probably my worst nightmare. This film brought my nightmare to life. Scary!...

BornKnight

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 an...

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