Overview
- The Beloved, which premiered in Cannes competition on Saturday, drew a reported seven-minute standing ovation for Javier Bardem and the cast.
- The drama follows a famed director who casts his estranged daughter in a desert epic set in 1932 Western Sahara and shot on Fuerteventura.
- Rodrigo Sorogoyen leans into bold experiments, mixing film formats and aspect ratios and having Bardem and Victoria Luengo meet for the first time on camera to heighten their characters’ distance.
- Early reviews praise Bardem’s commanding lead turn, with several critics noting that the constant format shifts can blunt the film’s emotional punch.
- Goodfellas is handling sales, the running time is about 2 hours 15 minutes, and the team is courting a U.S. deal after the buzzy world premiere.