‘The Beloved’ Review: Javier Bardem Stuns As A Director On The Verge In Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s Psychological Drama – Cannes Film Festival

Spain’s Rodrigo Sorogoyen has proven himself a master of the psychological thriller, whether the serial-killer kind (May God Save Us, 2016) the political kind (The Realm, 2018) or the true-crime kind (The Beasts, 2023). The Beloved, his first film in Competition at Cannes, is an incredible achievement that builds on all those films and leaves them standing in the dust, hitting all the same tense throat-clenching beats but somehow transcending genre altogether. Javier Bardem’s career has been building up to this stunning moment, and his character, Esteban Martinez, makes the self-centered film director of Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value look like Walt Disney by comparison.

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