Instinct: Carice van Houten and Director Halina Reijn Interview
One of the many films to play at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival was the directorial debut from Dutch actor Halina Reijn, Instinct. The film is about a veteran female psychologist (Carice van Houten) that becomes infatuated by the sex offender (Marwan Kenzari) she is treating in a penal institution. In spite of her expertise and experience, we watch the two of them engage in an ever changing power play. While it would be easy for the film to paint in just black and white colors, Halina Reijn has crafted a movie where the viewer is not given easy answers.
Shortly after seeing the film, Carice van Houten and Halina Reijn came by the Collider studio at TIFF. They talked about the advice Paul Verhoeven gave them for making a movie, how the film deals with addiction and toxic behavior, what it’s about, playing TIFF, how things changed in the editing room, their love of HBO’s Euphoria, how they both got into the industry because of the movie Annie, and so much more it would be impossible to list it all here.
Search "Collider" on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, PodcastOne, or wherever you get your podcasts for audio versions of your favorite shows plus original series covering movies, television, sports, gaming and more!
75