Thriller

Drama

Mothers' Instinct

Freckle Films

Anton

Mosaic

Versus Production

Belgium

United Kingdom

United States of America

English

Anne Hathaway

Jessica Chastain

Anders Danielsen Lie

Josh Charles

Caroline Lagerfelt

Alexander Blaise

Steve Routman

Joel Nagle

Larry Petersen

Eamon Patrick O'Connell

Keeley Miller

Baylen D. Bielitz

Lauren Yaffe

Scott Robertson

Kelly Carmichael

Benoît Delhomme

Paul Nelson

Avy Kaufman

Shane Geraghty

Sebastien Raybaud

Nana Fischer

Christopher Place

Russell Barnes

Lauzanne Nel

Dejay Roestenberg

Olivier Masset-Depasse

Ernesto Solo

Daniel R. Kersting

Eugene Hitt

Becca GT

Jacques-Henri Bronckart

John Zois

Mitchell Travers

Frank Bal

Tamara Hansen

Derrick Kollock

Anne Nikitin

Julien Gerber

Leeba Zakharov

Eric LaFranchi

Manana Saralidze

Juliette Welfling

Charles Carter

Barbara Abel

Neslihan Arslan

Alexis Vieil

William Newell

Céline Goriot

Matt Infante

Molly Bernitz

Jean-Luc Swift

Rodrigue Lenain

Paula Bonaval

Thomas Desjonquères

Michael Hauer

John Wayne Marshall

Mitchel Wolf

Sarah Conradt

Eliana Waxman

Chris Lyons

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"Celine" (Anne Hathaway) and "Alice" (Jessica Chastain) are neighbours, and their sons "Max" and "Theo" best pals. It's when a tragedy ensues that the family's dynamics are profoundly altered and the two women's relationship is quickly underpinned by feelings of resentment and mistrust. In the end, it's "Celine" who appears to offer the olive branch, but it doesn't take long for "Alice" to begin to suspect that she has an ulterior motive. For quite a while, director Benoît Delhomme manages to keep the apprehensive and tense atmosphere going as the pair quite cleverly challenge us to choose whom to believe. Sadly, though, that is all rather abruptly clarified for us and we are presented with a rather disappointing denouement that really is full of holes. That said, there is an effective chemistry between these actors who quiet successfully imbue their characters with quite a potent mix of determination and as the title suggests, a protective instinct for those closest to them. It's well paced throughout and is certainly worth a watch - though the television will do fine, cinema doesn't really add much by way of visuals or photography to this quite quirky at times thriller.

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Anne Hathaway

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Anders Danielsen Lie

Josh Charles

Caroline Lagerfelt

Alexander Blaise

Steve Routman

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