Conville & Walsh

Patrick Highsmith meets David Lynch in this psychological thriller

Christabel is the wife of a wealthy but absentee surgeon and she suffers from an unidentifiable neuropsychological disorder which means she is unable to continue her work in an art gallery. Feeling alienated as a result of her unhappy childhood and unable to connect with her distant father she hides away in her half-finished house where she is becoming increasingly and dangerously isolated. So when an apparently chance encounter with Tina, a younger woman who works at the local bar, triggers the start of an unusual friendship, their growing bond appears to offer Christabel the chance to re-connect with the world around her.

As Christabel and Tina’s friendship develops into a haze of forbidden substances and unsettling desires, more and more boundaries are broken between them. When events finally begin to spiral out of control Christabel’s hidden past and lack of insight into the decisions she has made about her life finally collide, with devastating results.

In MIRROR, MIRROR Alvarez explores the nature of sexuality, friendship and betrayal and offers fresh insights into how our identities are forged and how dangerous it can be to give oneself up to ‘the other’.