Mother’s Instinct — The Grief We Carry
Some doors can’t be closed lightly
5 min readJun 9, 2024
Grief, a tale as old as time itself, still finds new ways to surprise us as an audience. Such is the case for Benoît Delhomme’s visceral, underrated Mother’s Instinct (2024).
The film follows the story of housewives Alice (Jessica Chastain) and Celine (Anne Hathaway), after the latter tragically loses her young…