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      Incendies

      R Released Apr 22, 2011 2h 10m Drama List
      91% 126 Reviews Tomatometer 92% 10,000+ Ratings Audience Score Nawal (Lubna Azabal), a dying Middle Eastern woman living in Montreal, leaves separate letters to her twin children to be read once she passes away. Jeanne (Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin) is to deliver hers to the father the twins never knew, and Simon (Maxim Gaudette) is to give his to the brother they never knew they had. The siblings travel to the Middle East separately, where they each experience acts of brutality, uncover a startling family history, and have revelations about themselves. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Aug 15 Buy Now

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      It's messy, overlong, and a touch melodramatic, but those flaws pale before Incendies' impressive acting and devastating emotional impact.

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      Roger Clarke Sight & Sound Incendies acquires its heft from some very deep places -- Greek tragedy rather than newsflashes. Jun 28, 2011 Full Review Robbie Collin News of the World Normally I'm against decent original stories being dumbed down and squashed into bog-standard thriller shapes. But Incendies is in dire need of some dumbing down. Rated: 2/5 Jun 25, 2011 Full Review Derek Malcolm London Evening Standard It isn't easy to open out a well-respected stage play without losing a lot of its bite and subtlety. Rated: 4/5 Jun 24, 2011 Full Review Rohan Naahar The Indian Express Before he was surfing the sand dunes of Arakkis, Denis Villeneuve was telling a more searing story about overzealous characters waging a holy war in the desert. Mar 9, 2024 Full Review Yasser Medina Cinefilia It is, indisputably, Villeneuve's best film. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 9/10 Feb 8, 2024 Full Review James Croot Stuff.co.nz Not an easy watch by any means, but Incendies is a haunting, sometimes harrowing, intimate epic. Rated: 4/5 May 17, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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      João B Filme espetacular em questão de técnica, uma direção incrível que consegue mostrar uma história extremamente pesada envolvendo a guerra e mexer com você conforme avança, muito foda em todos os aspectos, consegue trazer a sensação que a protagonista sente, desespero, medo, coragem e é muito competente. Seu único problema é ser mais lento que o comum, mas com certeza vale a pena ver esta obra prima. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/19/24 Full Review Audience Member Ohh, Sweet home Alabama! A more disgusting version of Oldboy, but in a better way. I’m entirely appalled and surprised at how the movie concluded. Didn’t see that coming. I’ll give 10/10 for the plot alone Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/09/24 Full Review Gian Carlo M This is one of those stories well told. A masterpiece. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/10/24 Full Review Ethn H This movie devastated me. Fantastic. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/02/24 Full Review Tonatiuh C La película más emocional que he visto… Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/26/24 Full Review Ishara L I am quiet. I am hit by a sword in that place underneath everything. I don't have the vocabulary to describe how humanity's evils wreck us fragile beings, but this movie has shown what it looks like, despite how ugly it is. It is febrile. It is pure in its refusal to eschew. It is the spring where personality wells up, it is the flow of their river and it is the discovery of their truth when it empties into the sea. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/17/24 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Lubna Azabal as Nawal Marwan in "Incendies." Lubna Azabal as Nawal Marwan in "Incendies." Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin as Jeanne Marwan in "Incendies." Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin as Jeanne Marwan and Maxim Gaudette as Simon Marwan in "Incendies." (L-R) Rémy Girard as Notary Jean Lebel, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin as Jeanne Marwan and Maxim Gaudette as Simon Marwan in "Incendies." A scene from "Incendies." Incendies (2010) Incendies (2010) Incendies (2010) View more photos

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      Synopsis Nawal (Lubna Azabal), a dying Middle Eastern woman living in Montreal, leaves separate letters to her twin children to be read once she passes away. Jeanne (Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin) is to deliver hers to the father the twins never knew, and Simon (Maxim Gaudette) is to give his to the brother they never knew they had. The siblings travel to the Middle East separately, where they each experience acts of brutality, uncover a startling family history, and have revelations about themselves.
      Director
      Denis Villeneuve
      Screenwriter
      Valérie Beaugrand-Champagne, Denis Villeneuve, Wajdi Mouawad
      Distributor
      Sony Pictures Classics
      Production Co
      TS Productions, Phi Group
      Rating
      R (Strong Violence|Language)
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      French (Canada)
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Apr 22, 2011, Limited
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jun 10, 2014
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $6.9M
      Runtime
      2h 10m
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