2019 1h 38m Halina Reijn

Instinct

Name: Instinct
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Made in Europe
Released: 2019
Rating: 6.0
Cast: Carice van Houten, Marwan Kenzari, Marie-Mae van Zuilen, Pieter Embrechts

★ 6.0 IMDb

Mystery & Thriller Drama Made in Europe

Nicoline, a criminal psychologist, begins work at a prison where one of her new cases, Idris — an apparently reformed sex offender — is preparing for release after five years of confinement. Despite her professional misgivings, she becomes infatuated with her charismatic, manipulative patient.

Writers Esther Gerritsen, Halina Reijn

Cast Carice van Houten, Marwan Kenzari, Marie-Mae van Zuilen, Pieter Embrechts

DP Jasper Wolf

Production Designer Lieke Scholman

Music Ella van der Woude

Essays and Criticism

On Halina Reijn

MUBI Podcast | Smashing in the Doors of Amsterdam Cinema (with “Babygirl” Director Halina Reijn) by MUBI Podcast, MUBI Notebook

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Awards & Festivals

Nominated International Submission to the Academy Awards

Nominated European Film Award for European Discovery of the Year

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