Movistar Plus+ original films 'The Beloved' ('El ser querido') and 'La bola negra' will compete in the Official Selection of the Cannes Film Festival. This double selection confirms the strong momentum of Spanish cinema and the successful strategy of Movistar Plus+ in promoting films made in Spain. 'The Beloved' (El ser querido) and 'La bola negra' will be released in theaters this year and will later arrive exclusively on the platform. 

With this announcement, Movistar Plus+ continues a streak of success following the awards won by its latest original films: 'Los Domingos' has accumulated 34 awards (including the Goya for Best Film), while 'Sirat' has earned 35 accolades, not to mention its two Academy Award nominations and an unprecedented international run. Notably, at Cannes last year, 'Sirat' received the Jury Prize ex aequo, the Cannes Soundtrack Award, and a Palm Dog Special Mention. 

These are the Movistar Plus+ original films competing this year in the Official Selection of the Cannes Film Festival: 
 
'The Beloved' (El ser querido) 



'The Beloved' (El ser querido), the new Movistar Plus+ original film by Rodrigo Sorogoyen, has been selected to compete in the Official Competition at the Cannes Film Festival, where it will have its world premiere. 

The film, written by Isabel Peña and Sorogoyen himself and starring Javier Bardem and Victoria Luengo, will compete for the Palme d’Or at the upcoming edition of the festival. 

In the words of Rodrigo Sorogoyen: "Taking part in the 79th edition of the Cannes Film Festival feels like closing a circle. In 2022, Isabel Peña and I were there with 'As Bestas' (we have wonderful memories of those days), and we wanted to propose to the actor we admired most at the time—and admire even more now—that he join our next project. That was Javier Bardem. We explained that we only had a few lines written, a theme that interested us, and a specific universe. But above all, that we also had Victoria Luengo, the other actress for whom we wrote ‘The Beloved’ (El ser querido). Javier welcomed us at the Hotel Martínez, and that’s where the journey that has brought us here began. We can only say that we are just as grateful as we are excited to close the circle four years later in the same place where it all started. We will enjoy every minute the festival gives us, because we understand that this is our duty!”. 

Throughout his career, Rodrigo Sorogoyen has directed award-winning and critically acclaimed films such as 'As Bestas', which had its world premiere in the Cannes Première section before becoming one of the most awarded films, winning prizes such as the César for Best Foreign Film and nine Goya Awards, including Best Film, Director and Original Screenplay.  

He recently premiered the series ‘The New Years’ (Los años nuevos) in the Official Selection, out of competition, at the Venice International Film Festival, as well as the nationally and internationally acclaimed ‘Antidisturbios’, both Movistar Plus+ original series. 

SYNOPSIS 

Acclaimed film director Esteban Martínez is a legend both for his films and for his past marked by violence and excess. For his new project, he offers a role to his daughter Emilia under the pretext of helping her stalled acting career. The shoot will bring them closer in a way they haven’t experienced in years, but it will also revive old wounds that never healed. 

The cast of 'The Beloved' also includes: Raúl Arévalo, Marina Foïs, Mourad Ouani, Raúl Prieto, Melina Matthews, Laura Birn, Nuria Prims, Pablo Gómez-Pando, Pepa Gracia, and Malena Villa. 

'The Beloved' is a Movistar Plus+ original film, co-produced with Caballo Films and El Ser Querido AIE, and in France with Le Pacte, in association with Canal+. It is financed by the Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts (ICAA) and Creative Europe MEDIA, with support from the Institut Català de les Empreses Culturals (ICEC) and the Community of Madrid. International sales are handled by Goodfellas. 

In Spain, the film will be released in theaters on August 26, distributed by A Contracorriente Films, and will later arrive exclusively on Movistar Plus+. 

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'La bola negra'



'La bola negra', directed by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, is a Movistar Plus+ original film, continuing the creator's close collaboration with the platform following successes such as 'La Mesías'. 

Guitarricadelafuente , Miguel Bernardeau, Carlos González, Milo Quifes, Lola Dueñas, Penélope Cruz and Glenn Close lead the cast of this film which takes its title from an unfinished work by Federico García Lorca, who was murdered before he could finish it. 

The film takes place across three time periods, during the years 1932, 1937, and 2017. Filming was carried out over 12 weeks in various locations in Castile and León, Cantabria, Andalusia, and the Community of Madrid, and was completed in Greece. 

'La bola negra' will be released in Spanish theaters on the 2nd of October 2026, distributed by Elastica in Spain, and will later arrive exclusively on Movistar Plus+. 

The film is a Movistar Plus+ and Suma Content Films in co-production with El Deseo and Le Pacte, with the participation of Atresmedia. International sales will be handled by Goodfellas. 
 
SYNOPSIS 

'La bola negra' tells the story of three men whose lives are intimately connected through desire, pain and inheritance, across three different eras - 1932, 1937, and 2017. 

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