''Mothers' Instinct'' (french: Duelles) is a 2018 Belgian

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directed by

Olivier Masset-Depasse Olivier Masset-Depasse is a Belgian film director and screenwriter. He made his feature-length debut in 2006 with ''Cages''. In 2010, he wrote and directed ''Illegal'', which premiered at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for eight Ma ...

. 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

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. It received ten nominations at the

10th Magritte Awards The 10th Magritte Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie André Delvaux, honored the best 2019 in film, films of 2019 in Belgium. It took place on 1 February 2020, at the Square – Brussels Meeting Centre, Square, in the historic site of Mont ...

, winning in nine categories, including

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and

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for Masset-Depasse, holding the record for the most Magritte Awards won by a single film.

Cast

Veerle Baetens Veerle Baetens (born 24 January 1978) is a Belgian actress and singer probably best known for her role as Elise/Alabama in ''The Broken Circle Breakdown'' and as lead detective Hannah Maes in the crime drama ''Code 37''. She has also starred in ...

as Alice Brunelle *

Anne Coesens Anne Coesens (born 1966) is a Belgium, Belgian actress. She studied at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels and the CNSAD, National Superior Conservatory of Dramatic Arts in Paris and works in theatre. She also appears in films – her credits incl ...

as Céline Geniot *

Mehdi Nebbou Mehdi Nebbou (born 10 January 1974) is a French actor. Biography Nebbou was born on 10 January 1974 in Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France, to a German mother and an Algerian father. His brother is the film director Safy Nebbou. He started ...

as Simon Brunelle *

Arieh Worthalter Arieh Worthalter (born 25 March 1985) is a Belgian stage and film actor. He studied at the Institut Supérieur des Arts (INSAS) in Brussels and began working in theatre. His film credits include ''Les Anarchistes'' (2015), '' Marie Curie: The Co ...

as Damien Geniot * Jules Lefebvres as Theo Brunelle *

Luan Adam Luan may refer to: Places * Lu'an, a city in Anhui, China * Luan County, Hebei, China * Luan River, Hebei, China Other uses * Luan (surname), a Chinese surname * Luan (mythology), a legendary bird in Chinese mythology * Trees in the genus '' ...

as Maxime Geniot *

Annick Blancheteau Annick may refer to: * Alnwick, Northumberland, England (pronounced "Annick") *, a coaster (ship) in service with J Campbell Ltd, Irvine, 1947-54 * Annick Horiuchi, French historian of mathematics * Annick Loiseau (born 1957), French physicist *Anni ...

as Jeanne Brunelle

Response

Box office

''Mothers' Instinct'' grossed $122,050 worldwide.

Critical reception

The film holds rating on

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based on critic reviews, with an average rating of .

Accolades

References

External links

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