A father, a daughter, and a film set become the same battlefield in this 2026 Spanish-French drama from director Rodrigo Sorogoyen.
What is The Beloved about?
Esteban Martínez has spent decades building a reputation as one of cinema's great directors, a legend as famous for his volatile, excess-marked past as for the films themselves. When he casts his daughter Emilia in his newest project, he frames it as a favor, a chance to jump-start an acting career that has stalled. The set becomes the one place father and daughter share real proximity again, working side by side after years of distance. That closeness, though, cuts both ways. Old grievances that were never resolved start surfacing between takes, and the film shooting around them becomes inseparable from the reckoning happening off camera. K-Time's page tells the setup without giving away where the reconciliation, or the rupture, ultimately lands.
About the cast
The ensemble is led by Javier Bardem alongside Victoria Luengo, Melina Matthews, Marina Foïs, Malena Villa, Mourad Ouani, Pepa Gracia, and Raúl Prieto, a mix of Spanish and French performers suited to a story that moves between both film industries.
Context & significance
The Beloved is a Spain-France co-production, a structure common to prestige European dramas that need reach across both markets. At 135 minutes, it has the runtime of a film willing to sit with its characters rather than rush the family drama at its center. Sorogoyen's interest in flawed, magnetic authority figures carries through here in the shape of a director whose talent and damage are presented as inseparable.
Watching The Beloved on K-Time
The Beloved streams on K-Time with a Persian dub and Persian subtitles, so Farsi-speaking viewers can follow the film either way. Watching requires only a free K-Time account login, no purchase or trial involved. K-Time's Farsi interface is built for the Iranian diaspora audience, making a Spanish-French festival drama like this one as accessible as anything else in the catalogue.