Friendly Beast
2017 · Movie · 98 min · ★ 6.5
After an attempted armed robbery at a restaurant, the owner snaps and takes everyone inside hostage, including both customers and the would-be criminals. As tensions rise, fear and manipulation push the situation into a spiraling, nightmarish standoff.
Also known as The Friendly Beast
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Details
- Original title
- O Animal Cordial
- Years
- 2017
- Release date
- 2018-08-09
- Language
- Portuguese
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Max quality
- HD
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (136 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a tense, claustrophobic thriller about power, fear, and control under pressure; Not for you if you dislike hostage scenarios, harsh violence, or relentlessly bleak stories like The Girl Who Killed Her Parents.
Pros: relentless tension; dark psychological edge; high-stakes standoff | Cons: intense violence; bleak tone; stressful pacing
Themes
- affectation
- grave
- hard
- angry
- aggressive
- frantic
- philosophical
- anxious
- clinical
- absurd
- critical
- hilarious
- +18 more
Cast & crew
Murilo Benício
as Inácio
Luciana Paes
as Sara
Irandhir Santos
as Djair
Camila Morgado
as Veronica
Jiddú Pinheiro
as Bruno
Ernani Moraes
as Amadeu
Humberto Carrão
as Magno
Ariclenes Barroso
as Nuno
Eduardo Gomes
as Jura
- TA
Thais Aguiar
as Ana
Directed by Gabriela Amaral Almeida