As Bestas

The sensation of observing these details fold into one another and unfold as a narrative isn’t that far off from turning the pages of a novel, or even a newspaper; that’s the journalistic effect of Sorogoyen’s filmmaking.

...unsettling rural noir is a Euro-arthouse twist on Straw Dogs.

...may not be realistic, but it is genuinely eerie.

From the outset, it’s clear that The Beasts is no cozy small-town drama, but something more akin to a rural noir, peopled with petty, embittered characters ruled by tradition and instinct.

Grannsämjan når ett nytt lågvattenmärke i Rodrigo Sorogoyens utomordentligt fängslande och lågintensiva vardagsthriller om en man som inte längre är välkommen i sitt eget hem.

Våldsam grannfejd i mandelmannsk idyll.