Instinct 1999

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NETFLIX Rating : 3.6

IMDB Rating : 6.6

FD Smart Rating : 6.9

Synopsis : An anthropologist studying gorillas kills two poachers and lands in an institution, where a psychiatrist tries to learn what prompted his behavior.

Regions Available ( 2 ) :
Argentina , Brazil

Actors:

Anthony Hopkins , Cuba Gooding Jr. , Donald Sutherland

Creators:

Daniel Quinn

Languages:

English [Original] , Spanish , Brazilian Portuguese

Subtitles:

Spanish , Brazilian Portuguese

Genres:

Drama, Thriller

Release Date:

1999

Run Time:

2h3m

Maturity Rating:

Suitable for age 12 or older.

Nearly two years after having gone amiss in Africa, renowned anthropologist Dr. Ethan Powell is caught committing a crime and subsequently imprisoned in a Florida mental institution, where aspiring psychiatrist Dr. Theo Calder takes over his important case. Dr. Powell, who has been with a group of gorillas during all that time, is not talking at all and seems to be living in a dreamworld. Very slowly, Dr. Calder manages to reach Ethan Powell and starts finding out why Ethan killed two of the poachers. Yet Theo's case is not just about why the murders have happened, but also about how Dr. Powell became the being he is in the first place. With Ethan's silence broken, Theo is introduced into a world beyond common human comprehension: The true nature of being. He learns that mankind's control of everything is a mere illusion and that the true values of existence can't be found so easily. Ethan changes Theo's view of things forever.