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Incendiary (2008)

Incendiary poster
Directed by
Sharon Maguire
Genre
drama film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 36m
Rated
15
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 186 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman struggles to cope after her husband and son are killed in a terrorist attack at a football match. The story follows her grief and attempts to rebuild her life.

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What happens

Incendiary is a 2008 British drama film written and directed by Sharon Maguire. Based on the 2005 novel Incendiary by Chris Cleave, it stars Michelle Williams as a woman who loses her husband and young son in a terrorist attack at a football match. Ewan McGregor and Matthew Macfadyen co-star. Incendiary premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on 20 January 2008. Upon its release in UK theatres on 24 October 2008, it received mostly negative reviews from critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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