Javier Rey, Paz Vega and Carlos Alcántara star in Macarena Astorga’s debut film, La Casa del Caracol, a disturbing psychological thriller.
The writer Antonio Prieto decides to spend the summer in a village in the mountains of Malaga, where he hopes to find tranquillity and inspiration for his next novel. There he meets Berta, a woman for whom he feels an instant attraction, as well as some peculiar characters about whom he begins to write and investigate. Antonio begins to discover that the locals hold many secrets and a disturbing hidden legend. The reality he will experience in those days will make him realise that, sometimes, reality far exceeds myths…