Shrew's Nest is a 2014 horror thriller film directed by Juanfer Andrés and Esteban Roel, and starring Macarena Gómez, Nadia de Santiago, Hugo Silva and Luis Tosar. It earned three nominations to the 29th Goya Awards, including Gómez for Best Actress.

Plot

The plot is set in the 1950s in an apartment in Madrid. Montse earns her living by working as a seamstress in her apartment. She has lost her youth taking care of her younger sister (referred to as "the girl"), who bring some additional earnings to the household by working at a store outside. Montse is at odds with the prospect of her sister establishing intimate relationships with males, despite the girl actually coming of age. Their mother died during the girl's birth and their father ran away during the War, unable to handle the situation. And so, forced to act as father, mother and older sister, Montse hides from reality, feeding an obsessive, unhinged temperament, likewise experiencing visions of her abusive father mocking her. Suffering from agoraphobia, Montse is unable to get out of the apartment.

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