The Instinct

Local title
Instinkt
Original title
El Instinto
Director
Juan Albarracín
Country
Spain
Year
2024
Festival
HÕFF 2025
Programme
HÕFF Main Programme, Horror Films
Genre
psychological drama, horror, thriller
Subject
harrassment, animals, alienation

A home invasion thriller starring a dog trainer trying to modify a human’s brain.

Abel (Javier Pereira) is a brilliant architect who suffers from agoraphobia. He has been living isolated in the mountains for three years, unable to set foot on the street. As a result of a very important professional opportunity and the possibility of losing Sonia, his ex-partner and partner in the studio where he works, he must seek an immediate solution to his illness.

Therapy does not work for him and his only solution is to accept the offer of José (Fernando Cayo), a prestigious dog trainer who is convinced that his techniques with dogs can correct his problem. But José reveals psychotic behaviour and what at first seemed like a solution gradually turns into torture from which Abel will find himself unable to escape. The trainer is trying to turn the human into his hunting dog...

Director
Juan Albarracín
Screenwriter
Juan Albarracín
Cast
Javier Pereira, Fernando Cayo, Eva Llorach, Rocío Bernal, Silvia Conesa, José María del Río
Producer
Juan Poveda, José Egea, Dany Campos, Iván Emery​
Cinematographer
Iván Emery Arnáiz
Production Design
Marta Salazar
Editing
Álvaro Delgado
Music
Pablo Serrano
Runtime
Language
Spanish
Subtitles
Estonian, English

Presented by

Embassy of Spain

Screenings

Rõdusaal Haapsalu kultuurikeskus
Screening020205 / Instinkt
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
Q&A guestsJuan Albaraccin (Director)
Q&A duration
Screening duration
Rõdusaal Haapsalu kultuurikeskus
Screening030205 / Instinkt
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
Screening duration
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