Antoine and his wife Olga now live a simple life far from their daughter and friends back home in France. They’ve relocated to a simple stone-built home that overlooks amazing mountain ridges and valleys of the Spanish countryside. Their paradise, however, is ruined by the family of dairy farmers who live down the road. They are exhausted and angry with their lot in life, and they’re even angrier after the French couple voted against allowing a Norwegian company to instal giant wind turbines on their land. The brothers saw the refusal as a slap in the face. How dare someone who has lived in their town for only two years go against the people who have toiled their entire lives there. The men war, to the point that Olga begs her husband to give it all up and leave. She tells him that they didn’t move to paradise to fight every day. It’s a shame that they didn’t give up their dog for a better watchdog, and it’s a shame Antoine needed to stand his ground and not opt to find somewhere else to live. The Beasts packs a lot of drama and tension into its two hour runtime, and every minute of this spectacular film is important.