Instinct (2019)
Directed by Halina Reijn
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.
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What critics compared Instinct to
Boosted by Locarno-awarded debut Instinct, Dutch actor-director Halina Reijn fit nicely in the A24 canon with her satirical thriller Bodies Bodies Bodies. Yet the latter elicited rather lukewarm critical responses and it almost seemed Reijn might have been a one-hit European wonder fallen prey to the American dream. Then came Babygirl.
Dutch director Halina Reijn, who previously directed Bodies Bodies Bodies, as well as Instinct, which centred on a psychosexual relationship between a sex offender and his therapist, shows once again that she can delve into illicit desires and gendered power dynamics with brio.
Not just because that movie is all about masochism (which also happens to be the title of Ferreira's long-teased sophomore album), but because it marks the second full-on collaboration between Reijn and A24 (although Reijn's first movie, Instinct, was distributed by the latter in the U.S., it was September Film Distribution who had dibs in the Netherlands).