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The Realm (Spanish: El reino), also known as The Candidate, is a 2018 Spanish-French thriller film directed by Rodrigo Sorogoyen. At the 33rd Goya Awards , the film won seven awards, including Best Director, Best Actor ( Antonio de la Torre ), and Best Original Screenplay.
Aug 14, 2018 · 189. 180K views 5 years ago. Systemic governmental corruption is at the heart of Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s fast-paced thriller, which follows a crooked Spanish politician whose lavish...
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Sep 28, 2018 · The Candidate: Directed by Rodrigo Sorogoyen. With Antonio de la Torre, Mónica López, Josep Maria Pou, Bárbara Lennie. A Spanish politician whose high-class lifestyle is based on nefarious and illegal business threatens to break his entire party after a newspaper exposes him to the public eye.
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- Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Rodrigo Sorogoyen
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The Realm (El reino) List. A gripping political thriller led by Antonio de la Torre's solid central performance, The Candidate demands -- and rewards -- the audience's rapt attention. Read...
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Mar 11, 2019 · The Realm takes a little peek into the power corridors when the maelstrom of accusations and scandals erupted across regional party offices. Rodrigo Sorogoyen and Isabel Pena’s script never makes it clear the nature of malfeasance (money laundering, land rezoning, etc are all mentioned in passing).
May 15, 2019 · THE REALM: The Collapse Of A King. May 15, 2019. Alex Lines. It’s quite fitting that the opening shot of Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s The Realm features a man anxiously answering a phone on the edge of Spain’s Mediterranean coastline, as it immediately recalls his recent Oscar-nominated live action short Mother.
Manuel, a Spanish politician whose high-class lifestyle is based on nefarious and illegal business threatens to break his entire party after a newspaper exposes him to the public eye. Rather than admit to any wrongdoing, he decides to sell out his whole party in an effort to avoid jail time.
