Musarañas

Juanfer Andrés & Esteban Roel : 2014
Shrew's Nest

Spain in the grey 1950s. Montse sacrifices her youth in order to take care of her younger sister, shut up in a sinister apartment in the centre of Madrid. Her mother died in childbirth after which her desperate father fled, leaving both daughters alone. Forced to take on the role of a father, mother and older sister, Montse who suffers from agoraphobia, develops an obsessive and unbalanced temperament. The only thing tying her to reality is the relationship she has with her younger sister. One day, her life is interrupted by an encounter with Carlos, a young and irresponsible neighbour. He has the misfortune of falling down the stairs and seeks help by knocking on the only door he can manage to reach. Someone has entered the shrew's nest – perhaps he'll never leave. This gothic melodrama in which family bonds are tightened to the point of asphyxiation, is a chilling depiction of festering neurosis and repressed desire. Juanfer Andrés and Esteban Roel's feature debut premiered at Toronto International Film Festival 2014.