Incendies (2010)

Directed by

Denis Villeneuve

Genre

drama film, mystery film

Country

France, Canada

Runtime

2h 13m

Rated

R

Rating

8.1 of 10 from 3,344 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Canadian twins travel to their mother's home country in the Middle East after her death. They must follow her instructions to deliver letters to a father they thought was dead and a brother they never knew existed. The search forces them to uncover their mother's traumatic past during a brutal civil war.

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What happens

Incendies (French: [ɛ̃sɑ̃di] ; transl. Fires) is a 2010 Canadian mystery drama film directed by Denis Villeneuve, who co-wrote the screenplay with Valérie Beaugrand-Champagne. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad's play of the same name, Incendies stars Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette, and Rémy Girard. The story concerns Canadian twins who travel to their mother's native country in the Levant to uncover her hidden past amidst a bloody civil war. While the country is unnamed, the events in the film are heavily influenced by the Lebanese Civil War and particularly the story of the prisoner Souha Bechara. The film was shot mainly in Montreal, with fifteen days spent in Jordan. It premiered at the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals in September 2010, and was released in Quebec on 17 September 2010. It met with widespread critical acclaim in Canada and abroad and won numerous awards. In 2011, it was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Incendies also won eight Genie Awards, including Best Motion Picture. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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