A serial killer gentrifies Madrid's gayborhood one murder at a time. Camp meets carnage.
Victor works in a real estate agency in the well-known Chueca neighborhood of Madrid. He hides a terrible secret: he makes apartments available for sale by murdering the old ladies owners that live in them. Then, refurbishes and decorates the apartments to sell them to gay couples with high purchasing power. His ultimate objective is to transform Chueca into a kind of London Soho area.
Acting
Pepón Nieto's scene-stealing turn as the unbothered accomplice
Costume
Victor's increasingly unhinged interior design choices as body count rises
Writing
The audacious premise that treats murder like a business plan
Director
Juan Flahn
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Chueca was Madrid's rapidly gentrifying gay district in the 2000s; the film's premise literalizes real tensions about queer spaces becoming commercialized and unaffordable.
The 'bear' subculture representation was relatively rare in Spanish cinema at the time; Victor's body type and aesthetic were deliberate choices that sparked discussion about visibility.
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