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Rodrigo Sorogoyen has 6 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2010s through the 2020s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by The Beasts.
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Antoine and Olga, a French couple, have been living in a small village in Galicia for a long time. They practice eco-responsible agriculture and restore abandoned houses to facilitate repopulation. Everything should be idyllic except for their opposition to a wind turbine project that creates a serious conflict with their neighbors. The tension will rise to the point of irreparability.
Dir. Rodrigo Sorogoyen · With Marina Foïs, Denis Ménochet, Luis Zahera

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. It's a decision that will put many lives at risk.
Dir. Rodrigo Sorogoyen · With Antonio de la Torre, Josep Maria Pou, Mónica López

Madrid, summer 2011. Economic crisis. 15-M movement and 1.5 million pilgrims waiting for the Pope’s arrival live side by side in a Madrid that’s hotter and more chaotic than ever. In this context, detectives Velarde and Alfaro must find what seems to be a serial killer. Their against-the-clock hunt will make them realise something they’d never imagined: neither of them are so very different from the killer.
Dir. Rodrigo Sorogoyen · With Antonio de la Torre, Roberto Álamo, Javier Pereira

Ten years have gone by since Elena's six-year old son has disappeared. The last thing she heard of him was a phone call he gave her, saying that he was lost on a beach in France and couldn't find his father. Nowadays, Elena lives on this same beach and manages a restaurant. She is finally beginning to emerge from this tragic episode when she meets a French teenager who strongly reminds her of her lost son. The two of them will embark on a relationship which will sow chaos and distrust around them.
Dir. Rodrigo Sorogoyen · With Marta Nieto, Jules Porier, Àlex Brendemühl

A fictionalised look into the human tragedy of riot police and police brutality in Spain.
Dir. Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Isabel Peña · With Victoria Luengo, Raúl Arévalo, Álex García

The story of the encounter between a boy and a girl. He confesses that he fell in love with her at first sight, but she does not believe him. However, as they walk through the night in Madrid, they share their desires, secrets, and maybe a few little lies. But soon the film brings us back to the harsh reality of power struggles, psychological games and conflicts between the sexes. Stockholm thus offers an incredible reading of the relations between young people today.
Dir. Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Borja Soler · With Javier Pereira, Aura Garrido, Jesús Caba