Javier Bardem today announced at the San Sebastian Film Festival, that he is starring in the next film from Spanish filmmaker Rodrigo Sorogoyen (The Beasts). 

The film is titled El ser querido and will be directed by Sorogoyen from a screenplay he penned with Isabel Peña. Victoria Luengo stars alongside Bardem (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.

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.