Jessica ChastainandAnne Hathawayplay a pair of neighbors whose bond is tested in the wake of a personal tragedy in their new movieMothers' Instinct.
Studio Canal UK released the trailer for the film on Tuesday, showcasing real-life friends Chastain, 46, and Hathaway, 41, as Alice and Celine, respectively.
Chastain’s character Alice is shown confiding in Celine her fears that she is a “terrible mother,” some time before she witnesses a tragic accident: Celine’s son Max falls from the family’s second-story porch to his death, leaving both women’s families grieving.
Alice’s initial attempts to comfort Celine in the wake of Max’s death goes poorly, and Alice seems to grow concerned with her son Theo’s own relationship with Celine. Grief appears to impact both women profoundly, and Alice’s own husband accuses her of losing her grasp on reality as she grows fearful that Celine intends to harm Theo.
Jessica Chastain and Anne Hathaway in ‘Mothers’ Instinct'.StudiocanalUK/YouTube
StudiocanalUK/YouTube
“Alice and Celine live a traditional lifestyle with successful husbands and sons of the same age,” reads anofficial synopsisfor the upcoming movie. “Life’s perfect harmony is suddenly shattered after a tragic accident. Guilt, suspicion and paranoia combine to unravel their sisterly bond.”
Chastain herself shared the trailer on herInstagram pageTuesday morning, where she joked about the mother-versus-mother nature of the film with Hathaway,
“Having a literal mother-off w @annehathaway,” she wrote in a caption to her post.
Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain in ‘Mothers’ Instinct'.StudiocanalUK/YouTube
“Of course it’s a different kind of film, but it’s this idea of these two actresses coming together and playing this…the tension I think is very interesting," Chastain told the outlet. “Thank God Annie and I love each other, so it’s a little different than that experience.”
Mothers' Instinctdoes not yet have a release date.
source: people.com
