Instinct
Halina Reijn, Pays-Bas, 2019o
Malgré son expertise et son expérience, une psychologue chevronnée se laisse séduire par le délinquant sexuel qu’elle traite dans un établissement pénitentiaire.
This bold first feature film explores the corners of desire, its strengths, its ambiguity. The performance of van Houten (Game of Thrones) as the psychiatrist of a serial rapist, is hypnotic, bewitching the viewer. Director and actress question domination in a very profound manner; the desire and refusal, almost concurrently, to dominate and be dominated. This raw exploration of human nature is enhanced by a very sharp almost clinical mise en scène by Reijn.
Mathilde Henrot