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The conflict is immediate and economic. A Chinese wind power company is paying villagers for access to their land. The brothers Xan (Luis Zahera) and Lorenzo (Diego Anido)—known locally as "the beasts"—are the gatekeepers of the village. They have agreed to sell their plots, making a substantial profit. Antoine, however, refuses to sell the plot that sits between the brothers’ land and the proposed turbine site. Without his signature, the deal collapses.
The film excels in its portrayal of "closed-room" dynamics—the village is a small, insular community where everyone knows everyone, and outsiders are viewed with suspicion. The neighbors are not painted as cartoonish villains; rather, they are depicted as crude, desperate, and deeply insecure men whose way of life is vanishing. This makes them terrifyingly human and unpredictable. as bestas rodrigo sorogoyen