Mother's Instinct (2018)

Original title

Duelles

Directed by

Olivier Masset-Depasse

Genre

drama film, thriller film

Country

France, Belgium

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

14

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 159 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two close friends and neighbors raise their sons together in a quiet Belgian suburb. After a tragic accident strikes one family, trust erodes and suspicion grows between them.

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What happens

Mothers' Instinct (French: Duelles) is a 2018 Belgian psychological thriller film directed by Olivier Masset-Depasse. The story is loosely based on the 2012 novel Behind the Hatred (Derrière la haine) by Barbara Abel. The film was screened as a special presentation at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival. It received ten nominations at the 10th Magritte Awards, winning nine, including Best Film and Best Director for Masset-Depasse, setting the record for the most Magritte Awards won by a single film. It was later overtaken by Night Call (2025), which won ten awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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