So much is going on in this world these days that involves the mistreatment of neighbors by neighbors. In a depressing, dirt poor place in northern Spain, a French man and his wife try to do subsistence farming in a place where their political views have alienated them from their neighbors. The neighbors, a couple of spooky men, work to destroy the dreams of the French new arrivals. Eventually, a major price is paid. The sad thing, as it often is, is that there is no protection. The rest of the people, who have lived and worked in this place, don't really see the abuse as a problem--perhaps some things that are deserved. I had all I could do to finish this because of the darkness of the themes. It certainly is well photographed and developed.
Review of The Beasts
