Film Days of the Mediterranean: AS BESTAS – LIKE WILD ANIMALS

38th Film Days of the Mediterranean 22.1. – 2.2.2025 Karlstorkino, Marlene-Dietrich-Platz 3, 69126 Heidelberg, admission € 10, reduced € 7.50, members Medienforum € 6, advance ticket sales online: www.filmtage-mittelmeer.de or at the Karlstorkino (one hour before the first screening until the last film) or at the Montpellier-Haus (during opening hours). Antoine and Olga, a married couple from France, have settled in a remote Spanish mountain village. They lead a quiet life there, although their coexistence with the locals is not as harmonious as they would like. A conflict with their neighbors, the Anta brothers, leads to tensions in the village reaching a point of no return. Inspired by the true story of a bloody neighborhood dispute in an idyllic, small mountain village, an existential thriller about the clash of two worlds unfolds. Internationally acclaimed and awarded 9 Goyas, this is one of the best Spanish films of recent years!

Spain, France 2022

Director: Rodrigo Sorogoyen

Cast: Denis Ménochet, Marina Foïs, Luis Zahera, Diego Anido, Marie Colomb

137 min. Original language

Rodrigo Sorogoyen (*1981) is one of the best-known Spanish directors of our time. He has realized most of his projects together with his co-author Isabel Peña. He received an Oscar nomination for the short film MOTHER and two Goyas for THE REALM.