Mongrel

Ethan, a young farmer in a remote Canadian village, hides Nora in his home — a mysterious girl who fled a religious cult. Their forced coexistence in isolation gradually evolves into a dangerous dependency, blurring the lines between savior and jailer. Nora, raised in the cult's harsh conditions, knows nothing of the world beyond the farm, while Ethan, lonely and embittered, finds in her a purpose he desperately lacks. This 2026 psychological thriller explores the dark sides of human nature, manipulation, and a love that resembles obsession. The director crafts a tense chamber drama where every glance and gesture carries hidden threat, and the silence of the northern forests becomes a complicit character in this unsettling story.