The film El ser querido entered the main competition series at the Cannes Film Festival.
Laura Birn has acted in several international productions in recent years. Timo Korhonen / AOP
A drama film directed by Rodrigo Sorogoyen El ser querido has made it to the main competition series of the Cannes Film Festival to compete for the Palme d’Or.
In the film, Laura Birni’s husband is played by Hollywood star Javier Bardem.
The movie tells about a successful film director and his actress daughter who make a film together.
Bardem is a Spanish actor who has acted both in Spanish and in several big Hollywood productions. In 2012, he was seen in the Bond film 007 of Skyfall as the bad guy.
He has also acted in, for example, Dyyni films and in Pirates of the Caribbean – Salazar’s Revenge, which was released in 2017.
El ser querido will premiere in August 2026.
The Cannes Film Festival takes place in mid-May in Cannes.
El ser querido’s nomination was the first to report Ilta-Sanomat.

