About the Director

Rodrigo Sorogoyen was born on the 16th of September 1981 in Spain. He is a director, writer and producer, known for Antidisturbios (2020), The Realm (2018) and Stockholm (2013). He won both the Goya and César Award for his film The Realm (2018) as well as for The Beasts. (imdb)

Press Reviews

„Divided into two time frames, The Beasts is not only disturbing but also deeply moving. Beneath its violent film texture (it is impossible not to recall films like Backwoods [+], Straw Dogs and Deliverance, to name a few of the “you are not welcome here” subgenre) pulsates a thrilling love story: a shared idealism capable of overcoming any fear, tragedy and threat.“ (Alfonso Rivera, Cineuropa)

„In The Beasts Sorogoyen, known for gritty kinetic camerawork that evokes high and scenic tension, keeps a keen internal eye on the male psyche and the traumatic and tense underpinnings of powerful societal structures that coddle its inherent violence.“ (Holly Jones, Variety)

The Director About the Film

“The aesthetics in the first part of the film were those of a classic Western. In the second part, I get rid of the tripods. Everything’s shot with a SteadyCam, which brings the modulating lightness of touch and liberty of a feminine point of view as we follow Olga, compared to the solidity, roughness and bestiality of a male viewpoint. But I don’t think that many people will note the use of SteadyCam, which is what I wanted. The setting’s the same, the characters. But they’ll sense that something is strange, different, however, in the film language, even if they don’t know exactly what it is….That’s at least what I was aiming for.” Rodrigo Sorogoyen in an interview with Variety