Beasts (The Beasts; Spanish title: The beasts) is a 2022 French-Spanish thriller film directed by Rodrigo Sorogoyen from a screenplay by Isabel Peña and Rodrigo Sorogoyen. The film is set to be released in France on 26 May 2022.
The French couple Antoine (Denis Menochet) and Olga (Marina Foys) Denis is a middle-aged couple who move from the city to a local village to be closer to nature and start a new, more peaceful life. However, the presence of the newcomers ignites the hostility of two locals, leading to shocking cruelty and irreversible consequences.
The film is based on a true story, documented in 2016, when two Dutch people move to live in the Spanish village of Santoala and, after a conflict with the locals, the husband mysteriously disappears.
