Rodrigo Sorogoyen on Javier Bardem and Shooting ‘The Beloved’ as Full-On Experiment: ‘If This Had Been My First Film, I Wouldn’t Have Taken So Many Risks’

Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s “The Beloved” (“El ser querido”), which world premieres in Cannes competition on May 16, begins in a plush Madrid restaurant. The scene lasts 20 minutes.  In it, a world-famous film director, Esteban Martínez (Javier Bardem) reencounters his estranged daughter (Victoria Luengo) to offer her a part in his next film, even though he […]