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Racked with Spain
MARIA DUARTE is gripped by a complex thriller set amidst the rural beauties and resentments of Spanish Galicia
Marie Colomb in The Beasts (2022)
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MATTHEW HAWKINS rakes through un-fancy words and flair-free summaries to find who and what might be flamboyant
PETER MASON is exhilarated by an exciting, well-considered and historically minded tribute to the great Trinidadian instrument
Reducing historical lives to ‘male’ and ‘female’ roles, we lose the nuance of those lives and a clearer understanding of past societies, suggests CLAIRE ISABELLA GILMOUR
CHRIS SEARLE relishes the genius of pianist Alexander Hawkins, his many ensembles, and his new album
The Beasts (15)
Directed by Rodrigo Sorogoyen
THE THEME of feuding neighbours takes on a deadly note in this slow burning yet intense drama from Spanish film-maker Rodrigo Sorogoyen.
Inspired by a true story, it follows a middle-aged French couple (Denis Menochet and Marina Fois) who have been living in a beautiful yet remote small village in Galicia, Spain, for two years where they have been communing with nature and running an organic farm.
However they are still considered to be outsiders by their neighbours, the Anta brothers (Luis Zahera and Diego Anido), who are incensed that as foreigners Antoine (Menochet) and Olga (Fois) have an equal say over the future of their community with those who have lived there all their lives. They are incandescent that they have robbed them of life-changing income by voting against the plan of a developer to buy their land for a wind farm.
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