as they wrestle with grief and guilt in the aftermath of a tragic accident.
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Award-winning cinematographer Benoit Delhomme is well versed in conjuring striking period-specific imagery for filmmakers such as David Mamet (The Winslow Boy), Mike Figgis (Miss Julie), John Hillcoat (The Proposition), James Marsh (The Theory Of Everything) and Julian Schnabel (At Eternity’s Gate). For his directorial debut, Delhomme uses Masset-Depasse’s picture as a template to heighten discomfort and suspense, beginning with an unsettling opening sequence that suggests malevolent intent behind twitching net curtains. The artfully staged bluff allows Delhomme to revisit the scenario later in his film, this time without merciful concessions to gnawed nails and whitened knuckles. Sarah Conradt-Kroehler’s script shifts the balance of power between female protagonists, discharging the pent-up tension in a satisfyingly twisted final flourish guaranteed to drop a few jaws. Alice (Chastain) and Celine (Hathaway) are next door neighbours, devoted to the upkeep of their impeccably furnished homes while their respective husbands Simon (Anders Danielsen Lie) and Damian (Josh Charles) go out to work and trap the wives in gilded cages of the era. While traditionalist Damian works in the pharmaceutical industry and is sole breadwinner, Simon is more progressive, supporting Alice’s professional dreams so long as she continues her measured recovery from a mental health crisis.
Film View – March 25 By Damon Smith, PA Film Critic
Damon Smith reviews the latest releases to watch in cinemas.
This week: titan rivals unite to face a deadly threat to their worlds in GODZILLA X KONG:THE NEW EMPIRE… heroic panda Po (voiced by Jack Black) seeks a worthy successor as Dragon Warrior in the computer-animated sequel KUNG FU PANDA 4… and Jessica Chastain and Anne Hathaway are pitted against each other in the 1960s-set psychological thriller MOTHERS’ INSTINCT. MOTHERS’ INSTINCT (UK 15/ROI 15A, 94 mins) Thriller/Romance. Jessica Chastain, Anne Hathaway, Anders Danielsen Lie, Josh Charles, Eamon O’Connell, Baylen D Bielitz, Caroline Lagerfelt. Director: Benoit Delhomme.
Released: March 27 (UK & Ireland)
A mother’s love is a delicate rose with razor-sharp thorns in a handsomely cultivated English-language remake of Olivier Masset-Depasse’s 2018 psychological thriller Duelles. Transplanted from 1960s bourgeois Brussels to American suburbia, Mothers’ Instinct pits Oscar winners Jessica Chastain and Anne Hathaway against each other in a Hitchcockian plot that tightens the screws on best friends
Photo:Anne Hathaway as Celine.- Mother’s Instinct
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