‘The Beasts’ Rodrigo Sorogoyen Unpacks Movistar Plus+ Banner Series ‘The New Years’: ‘It Starts About a Couple, Ends Up About Life’
variety.comJohn Hopewell Chief International Correspondent As Spanish TV production stands strong, largely resisting the cut-back in commissions suffered in most of the world, few higher profile new series will be brought to market at Mipcom than Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s “The New Years” (“Los años nuevos”).
A Movistar Plus+ Original, produced with Caballo Films (“La Ruta,” “The Wailing”), the fast-rising Sorogoyen co-founded Madrid production label, in association with Arte France, “The New Years” follows on Sorogoyen’s “The Beasts,” which established him as one of Europe’s youngest top-tier filmmakers.
Few other directors will have won a Best Foreign Film César, as “The Beasts” did in 2023, beating four Cannes Festival 2022-23 competition winners: “Triangle of Sadness,” “EO,” “Close” and “Boy from Heaven.” Not that many will have grossed $2.5 million in France with a Spanish-language film as well as an extraordinary €6.8 million ($7.5 million) in Spain, despite its artistic ambition.
Sold outside Spain and France by Movistar Plus+ International, “The New Years” world premiered at the Venice Film Festival in august company, alongside new series from Alfonso Cuarón, Thomas Vinterberg and Joe Wright.
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