With the permission of Pedro Almodóvar, the Spanish director most loved in France in recent times is surely Rodrigo Sorogoyen (Madrid, 1981), who just a few days ago received the Order of Arts and Letters from the French government and has triumphed in French cinemas with titles such as El reino or As bestas. The culmination of his love story with France is the participation in the Cannes competition of his new film, El ser querido, which premieres this Saturday both at the festival and in French cinemas, an unusual fact for a Spanish production that will not reach our country until August.