Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain reunite in Mothers' Instinct [bande-annonce]

The two Hollywood actresses are on the bill for this American remake of Duelles by Benoît Delhomme.

“Two best friends and neighbors, Alice and Céline, both lead a seemingly idyllic life in perfect harmony. This is suddenly shattered by a tragic accident. Guilt, suspicion and paranoia will then shatter the relationship of the two women.”

It's to the disturbing rhythm of the nursery rhyme “Did You Ever See a Lassie?” revised for the occasion, that the trailer of Mothers' Instinct reveals the sixties atmosphere of a very American suburb, suddenly tainted by the accidental death of a child and a cloud. thriller irrepressible. A film about two mothers, and especially about two women, who, faced with tragedy, must relearn how to live together.

For his first project as a director, the French cinematographer Benoit Delhomme chose a remake of the Duels from Belgian Olivier Masset-Depasse (itself adapted from the novel Behind the hate of Barbara Abel), released in 2018 and awarded nine Magritte du cinéma awards in 2020, including Best Film. Originally, Masset-Depasse was supposed to be in charge of this American reinterpretation, but he finally chose to pass on his turn, surely taken up by the production of Largo Winch 3: The Price of Silver planned for the end of July.

For a first feature film, Delhomme hits hard by directing Anne Hathaway And Jessica Chastaintwo Oscar-winning actresses (one for her role as Fantine in Wretchedthe other for In the eyes of Tammy Faye in 2022). The two actresses meet again two years after crossing paths on the set of Armageddon Time of James Gray and ten years after having played opposite each other for the first time on the set ofInterstellar.

The two actresses also wear the role of producers during a shoot that turned out to be very upsetting. Anne Hathaway confided to Vogue – Hong Kong :

“The subject of the film touches on my worst fears and I almost gave up on it because I didn't know if I was capable of doing it as an actress.”

Jessica Chastain sees an echo of the classic What happened to Baby Jane?who saw the clash Bette Davis And Joan Crawford in 1962:

“Of course it's a different film, but it's the idea of ​​these two actresses coming together and playing… the tension is very interesting.she specifies to IndieWire. Thank goodness Annie and I love each other, so it's a little different than that experience.”

To complete the casting, Josh Charles (Dead Poets Society, The Good Wife), Anders Danielsen Lie (Julie (in 12 chapters)), Caroline Lagerfelt (Minority Report), Eamon O'Connell And Baylen D. Bielitz.

Mothers' Instictwhich according to Jessica Chastain sees her take on Anne Hathaway in a “Battle of Moms”will be released in theaters in the United States on July 26, and is already available in France on Amazon Prime.