Javier Bardem & Victoria Luengo in Spanish Film 'The Beloved' Trailer

"It's a story about betrayal, a story about abandonment." Madman Films has unveiled a new official trailer for the film titled The Beloved, originally known as El ser querido in Spanish, which initially premiered at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival a few months ago. A new film by acclaimed director Rodrigo Sorogoyen (Stockholm, May God Save Us, The Candidate, Mother, The Beasts). Described as this year's Sentimental Value because the premise is quite similar - it's about an iconic filmmaker father trying to reconnect with his estranged daughter, who is also an actress. However, this film spends more time on set (in the Canary Islands) where he's shooting a new film which is thematically similar to the fractured relationship he has with her. Javier Bardem stars as Esteban Martínez, a famous filmmaker working on a new film. Victoria Luengo co-stars as his daughter Emilia, an unsuccessful actress. They reunite on a film shoot, confronting their strained relationship and many unresolved past issues that neither wants to address directly. This new trailer features many quotes from Cannes reviews along with a more melancholic & sad tone to capture the heartbreak between these two despite their attempt to come together and figure it all out. View more below. // Continue Reading ›