The Realm

El Reino

Manuel Vidal is a ruthless politician, determined to satisfy his raging ambition by climbing up the party ladder. When murky tales of embezzlement and corruption (placing him and fellow colleagues in the dock) reach the media, he finds himself in a maelstrom of document-shredding and excuse-peddling. Coming to realize that his colleagues have designated him as the official scapegoat, Manuel engages in a spiraling struggle for survival. A painstaking account of the fall of a fiefdom that was destined to last forever, which navigates through the somber corridors of plotting and backstabbing. A political thriller of merciful pace and surgical precision, evoking the masters of its genre.

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Direction: Rodrigo Sorogoyen

Script: Isabel Peña, Rodrigo Sorogoyen

Cinematography: Álex de Pablo

Editing: Alberto del Campo

Sound: Roberto Fernández, Alfonso Raposo

Music: Olivier Arson

Actors: Antonio de la Torre, Bárbara Lennie, Mónica López, José María Pou, Nacho Fresneda, Ana Wagener, Luis Zahera

Production: Tornasol Films, Atresmedia Cine

Producers: Gerardo Herrero, Mikel Lejarza, Mercedes Gamero

Co-production: Le Pacte, Mondex & Cie

Co-producers: Jean Labadie, Anne-Laure Labadie, Stéphane Sorlat

Art Direction: Miguel Ángel Rebollo

Costumes: Paola Torres

Make Up: Milu Cabrer

Format: DCP

Color: Color

Production Country: Spain, France

Production Year: 2018

Duration: 134΄

Distribution in Greece: Rosebud

Contact: Latido Films, latido@latidofilms.com

Awards/Distinctions: Best Lead Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Score, Best Editing, Best Sound – Goya Awards 2019

Rodrigo Sorogoyen

Rodrigo Sorogoyen del Amo (1981) is a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He won the Goya Award for Best Director and the Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay for The Realm. For the short film Mother, Sorogoyen won the Goya Award for Best Fictional Short Film and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.