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Mothers' Instinct

Mothers' Instinct

Drama · Mystery · Thriller · 2019

When a sudden tragedy uproots the lives of two women and their families, they begin to question the relationships they once held so dear.

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Mothers' Instinct

2019 Drama · Mystery · Thriller 1h 37m

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TMDB

6.3 / 10

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When a sudden tragedy uproots the lives of two women and their families, they begin to question the relationships they once held so dear.

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Names above the title

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Directed by

Olivier Masset-Depasse

Written by

Giordano Gederlini · Olivier Masset-Depasse

Veerle Baetens

Veerle Baetens

Alice Brunelle

Anne Coesens

Anne Coesens

Céline Geniot

Mehdi Nebbou

Mehdi Nebbou

Simon Brunelle

Arieh Worthalter

Arieh Worthalter

Damien Geniot

J

Jules Lefebvre

Theo

L

Luan Adam

Maxime

Annick Blancheteau

Annick Blancheteau

Jeanne la mère de Simon

Court is in session

Put Mothers' Instinct on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.