Vila’s debut feature stars Nagore Aranburu, star of Series Mania top laureate “Querer” and winner of this year’s supporting actress Goya Award for “Sundays,” and Haizea Carneros (“Sacamantecas”) as a mother and daughter whose relationship grows increasingly tense.
In “Salitre,” when her teenage daughter Nerea decides to leave home to study, Maite is gripped by despair. For Maite, her daughter’s departure is more than a separation: it threatens to destroy the world she has built with her.
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Soon, Maite cuts herself off from the world and becomes obsessed with keeping her daughter at home, turning care into control and love into possession. As her obsession threatens to destroy what she loves most, Maite must confront the monster that has awakened within her: let her daughter go, or hold on to her and lose her forever.
While “Carapace” may be Vila’s first feature, the director has impressed with her acclaimed previous works, winning twice the Syfy Award for best Spanish short at the San Sebastián Horror and Fantasy Film Festival: in 2016 for “Jules D.” and in 2019 for “El fin de todas las cosas.”
The Sitges Film Festival runs Oct. 8-18.
