El Ser Querido (The Beloved) starring Oscar winner Javier Bardem got a rousing ovation in at its Cannes premiere. Applause in the Grand Theatre Lumiere for the film went on for seven minutes.

Bardem hugged his castmates and director after the screening. See the video below.

El Ser Querido was directed by Rodrigo Sorogoyen from a screenplay he penned with Isabel Peña. Also starring is Victoria Luengo (The Room Next Door). 

The official synopsis reads: “In El ser querido, an acclaimed film director and his daughter, an unsuccessful actress, shoot a film together after years of estrangement and a difficult past that none of them want to talk about.”

Bardem is one of Spain’s most famous exports. His most recent titles include Dune: Part Two and The Little Mermaid. His last Spanish project was Fernando León de Aranoa’s The Good Boss, for which he won the Goya for Best Actor.

Luengo most recently starred in Pedro Almódovar’s English-language debut The Room Next Door. On the small screen, she starred in Riot Police, the Movistar Plus+ series directed by Sorogoyen, for which she won the Ondas Award for Best Actress. Sorogoyen will be known to most for his 2022 feature The Beasts, which won nine Goya awards. 

The project is a Movistar Plus+ original film in co-production with Caballo Films, El Ser Querido AIE, and Le Pacte (France), financed by ICAA with the support of the Creative Europe Media Program. The film will be released in cinemas, distributed by A Contracorriente Films, and will later be available exclusively on Movistar Plus+. International sales will be handled by Goodfellas.