Variety May 16, 2026 • 18:30

'The Beloved' Review: Bardem Is Powerful in a Making-of-a-Movie Drama - Variety

By Owen Gleiberman

'The Beloved' Review: Bardem Is Powerful in a Making-of-a-Movie Drama - Variety

Javier Bardem and Victoria Luengo in a movie that echoes "Sentimental Value," though this one has serious fun with the filmmaking process.

Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s “The Beloved” is the story of a famous film director, Esteban Martínez (Javier Bardem), who returns to his native Spain to shoot a movie in the desert and hires his estranged actr… [+5493 chars]

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