Starring Academy Award winners Jessica Chastain and Anne Hathaway, Mothers' Instinct is a chilling psychological thriller that centers on two best friends and neighbors, Alice and Céline, whose idyllic lives in 1960s suburbia are upended by a tragic accident involving one of their children. Directed by acclaimed cinematographer Benoit Delhomme in his debut, the film delves into how guilt and paranoia erode Alice and Céline's familial bonds. As a tense battle of wills unfolds, the darker aspects of maternal love are revealed.
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00:00Did you ever see a lassie, a lassie, a lassie, lassie?
00:06Did you ever see a lassie go this way?
00:10Theo!
00:11When Theo was born, I was afraid I was going to drop him.
00:16I couldn't even hold him.
00:20And a wonderful friend.
00:24Max, Max get down, it's not safe.
00:27I'm a terrible mother.
00:28You're a wonderful mother.
00:29Max!
00:30Celine!
00:31Max!
00:35Max is gone.
00:36It wasn't easy bringing you into this world.
00:40You've left her too soon.
00:43You need to separate the grief from the guilt.
00:46What guilt, Alice?
00:47Something's broken inside of me, and I need you.
00:51I saw the look in her eyes.
00:55She thinks that I should have saved her son.
00:59We're not going down this path again.
01:03It helps me to spend time with Theo, but it helps him too.
01:08Can Theo come over for a little bit?
01:10Do you miss him?
01:13Celine's my friend.
01:15Get off the balcony!
01:17Alice, what's wrong?
01:18Do you think I'm capable of that?
01:23Did you put Theo on that balcony to test me?
01:26You're just accusing me of being some kind of monster.
01:29Leave.
01:30Leave my family alone!
01:33I'm not imagining things.