Mother's Instinct
(Duelles)
Year: 2018
Country:
BELGIUM, FRANCE
Language:
French
Run Time:
97 minutes
Alice and Céline seem to have the perfect lives. The women are best friends, their families live next door to each other in a beautiful suburban neighborhood, and their sons have grown up like brothers. Inseparable, the families do almost everything together. The boys have even created a secret passageway to connect their backyards, in case they weren’t close enough. But like most stories that begin with everyone happy… something inevitably goes wrong. After a terrible accident, the mothers’ harmonious relationship morphs into one of suspicion and blame. When Céline attempts to form a closer relationship with Alice’s son in the aftermath of the tragedy, Alice begins to suspect that Céline is not merely coping, but is out for revenge. Set in the 1960s, MOTHER’S INSTINCT is a captivating psychological thriller that will leave you guessing until the end. (In French with subtitles) —G.S.
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Competition
International Narrative Competition
Director
Olivier Masset-Depasse
From his first short films, Olivier Masset-Depasse has filmed determined women characters who are ready to do anything to reach their goals. His features have won several awards, including “Illégal” which was selected as the Belgian entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards®.
Filmography
Cages (2006), Illégal (2010), MOTHER'S INSTINCT (2018)
Producer
Versus Production, Haut et Court
Screenwriting
Olivier Masset-Depasse, Giordano Gederlini
Cinematography
Hichame Alaoui
Editing
Damien Keyeux
Principal Cast
Veerle Baetens, Anne Coesens, Mehdi Nebbou, Arieh Worthalter, Jules Lefebvre, Luan Adam
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