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Housewives Alice and Celine are best friends and neighbours who seem to have it all. However, when a tragic accident shatters the harmony of their lives, guilt, suspicion and paranoia begin to unravel their sisterly bond.

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Film Cast:

• Celine: Anne Hathaway
• Alice: Jessica Chastain
• Simon: Anders Danielsen Lie
• Damian: Josh Charles
• Jean: Caroline Lagerfelt
• Dr. Wallace: Alexander Blaise
• Medical Examiner: Steve Routman
• Attorney: Joel Nagle
• Pastor: Larry Petersen
• Theo: Eamon Patrick O’Connell
• Pregnant Mother: Keeley Miller
• Max: Baylen D. Bielitz
• Mourner: Lauren Yaffe
• Judge: Scott Robertson

Film Crew:

• Producer: Kelly Carmichael
• Producer: Jessica Chastain
• Cinematography: Benoît Delhomme
• Stunt Coordinator: Christopher Place
• Makeup Artist: Nana Fischer
• Art Direction: Ernesto Solo
• Makeup Department Head: Lauzanne Nel
• Stunts: Becca GT
• Special Effects Supervisor: Eugene Hitt
• Producer: Paul Nelson
• Executive Producer: Olivier Masset-Depasse
• Stunts: Dejay Roestenberg
• Script Supervisor: Tamara Hansen
• Producer: Jacques-Henri Bronckart
• Executive Producer: John Zois
• Set Decoration: Daniel R. Kersting
• Production Design: Russell Barnes
• Stunts: Shane Geraghty
• Casting: Avy Kaufman
• Costume Design: Mitchell Travers
• Stunt Coordinator: Frank Bal
• Executive Producer: Sebastien Raybaud
• Producer: Anne Hathaway
• Original Music Composer: Anne Nikitin
• Editor: Juliette Welfling
• Hair Department Head: Derrick Kollock
• Second Assistant Director: Molly Bernitz
• Set Dresser: Jean-Luc Swift
• Visual Effects Coordinator: Paula Bonaval
• Makeup Artist: Manana Saralidze
• Second Second Assistant Director: John Wayne Marshall
• Sound Editor: Julien Gerber
• Visual Effects Producer: Alexis Vieil
• Supervising Sound Editor: Thomas Desjonquères
• Wardrobe Supervisor: Charles Carter
• Visual Effects Producer: Céline Goriot
• Steadycam: Michael Hauer
• Still Photographer: Matt Infante
• First Assistant Director: Eric LaFranchi
• Novel: Barbara Abel
• Gaffer: William Newell
• Casting Associate: Leeba Zakharov
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Rodrigue Lenain
• Assistant Art Director: Neslihan Arslan
• Assistant Costume Designer: Mitchel Wolf
• Screenplay: Sarah Conradt

Movie Reviews:

• CinemaSerf: “Celine” (Anne Hathaway) and “Alice” (Jessica Chastain) are neighbours, and their sons “Max” and “Theo” best pals. It’s when a tragedy ensues that the family’s dynamics are profoundly altered and the two women’s relationship is quickly underpinned by feelings of resentment and mistrust. In the end, it’s “Celine” who appears to offer the olive branch, but it doesn’t take long for “Alice” to begin to suspect that she has an ulterior motive. For quite a while, director Benoît Delhomme manages to keep the apprehensive and tense atmosphere going as the pair quite cleverly challenge us to choose whom to believe. Sadly, though, that is all rather abruptly clarified for us and we are presented with a rather disappointing denouement that really is full of holes. That said, there is an effective chemistry between these actors who quiet successfully imbue their characters with quite a potent mix of determination and as the title suggests, a protective instinct for those closest to them. It’s well paced throughout and is certainly worth a watch – though the television will do fine, cinema doesn’t really add much by way of visuals or photography to this quite quirky at times thriller.

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