Incendies

2010 Directed by Denis Villeneuve

The search began at the opening of their mother's will.

A mother's last wishes send twins Jeanne and Simon on a journey to Middle East in search of their tangled roots. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad's acclaimed play, Incendies tells the powerful and moving tale of two young adults' voyage to the core of deep-rooted hatred, never-ending wars and enduring love.

Lubna Azabal Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin Maxim Gaudette Rémy Girard Allen Altman Abdelghafour Elaaziz Dominique Briand Frédéric Paquet Ahmad Massad John Dunn-Hill Jackie Sawiris Lara Atalla Baya Belal Yousef Shweihat Karim Babin Mohamed Majd Mustafa Kamel Hussein Sami Hamed Najem Bader Alami Majida Hussein Asriah Nijres Nadia Essadiqi

Alternative Titles

Incêndios, Pogorzelisko, Felperzselt föld, La donna che canta, 烈火焚身, 母亲的告白, 焦头烂额, 烈火焚城, 中东的希腊悲剧, Изпепелени, Pozáry, Nawals hemmelighed, Nawals hemmelighet - Incendies, Incendies - Nawals Hemmelighet, 그을린 사랑

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Review by demi adejuyigbe ★★★★½ 28

why is radiohead’s “you and whose army” in this movie twice. why is “like spinning plates” also in this movie. why are those the only songs on the soundtrack. why did villeneuve make a perfect film and then hire me in my freshman year of college as the music supervisor. and what on earth did i do with that money...
Review by katie ★★★★★ 7

at the beginning of this movie - "DENIS IS GOD I LOVE HIM SO MUCH!!"
at the end of this movie - "Fuck Denis, I fucking hate him."
Review by Lucy ★★★★★ 7

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

rewatching this was like eating glass. this is denis villeneuve's masterpiece. the plot twist alone is one of the most alarming things i've ever seen on film
Review by Lulu ★★★★½

this makes prisoners look like a feel good rom-com.
Review by Lucy ★★★★★ 4

this ended like 45 minutes ago and i'm still sitting here trying to recover
Review by CinemaClown ★★★★½ 10

Powerful, haunting, brutal, unflinching & emotionally devastating, Incendies works like that slow poison whose real potency is realised only after it's too late and the irrevocable damage to your psyche has already been done. Absolutely unforgettable once you've seen it, Incendies isn't just the best feature that director Denis Villeneuve has made to date but is also the finest film to come out from the Canadian film industry.
Opening with Radiohead's single, "You and Whose Army?", the story of Incendies is told in two different timelines which later converge into one to deliver a huge jolt of shock. One storyline follows twins Jeanne & Simon who journey to the Middle-East in order to fulfil their mother's final wish which is stated in…
Review by LME ★★★★★ 3

There’s before you watch Incendies and then there’s after.
Review by sofyan ★★★★★ 8

You did it Denis!!! You did it!!!
You fucked me up so badly with that fucking plot twist. FUCK!!!
Review by Florin Scanlon ★★★★★ 23

I love my westerns and my horror movies very much. Part of why I love them is that they're usually simple and straightforward, getting enjoyment out of the exhilarating moments they provide. They're pure fun, easy as that. But every once in awhile I happen to watch a movie like Incendies and I remember why I love watching movies in the first place. It's for the story. The story that grabs me by the collar, lifts me up, furiously slaps me and then drops me on the ground leaving me helpless. The way this devastating story is presented in a harsh, realistic manner and as a non-linear narrative is brilliant, shifting between periods of time, progressively revealing more and more but not all at once, allowing for immense anticipation to build up. Captivating, fascinating and intense, this is a powerful mystery drama that relies on nothing more than human emotion to succeed.
Review by Gabriel Gundacker 16

Drank a decaf coffee during this. Text me for my thoughts!
Review by Edgar Cochran ★★★★★ 15

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

1 + 1 = 1
No, it is not a reference to Tarkovsky's Nostalghia. Disguised as a story set in turbulent times about the quest of a pair of twins embarking on a revelatory journey to fulfill their mother's last request, at its core, Incendies is a story about an admirable woman. This woman had the honor of being a mother who always stuck to her principles and, breaking all possible multicultural frontiers that were creating a harsh reality, understood the indestructible force of family bonds and the most sacred love of them all: that of a mother towards her children.
At the end of the day, those unresolved equation variables add up to a probability of 1, because family…
Review by truman ★★★★★ 4

jesus FUCK
...and i thought Prisoners was bleak

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Review by Fernando Cabrini ★★★★½

Para além de um retrato sobre a guerra e seus males provocados em instâncias individuais e coletivas, consegue ser também um filme sobre tradições já muito enraizadas ao longo da história e seus significados para a contemporaneidade.
Gosto bastante como é construída uma ambiguidade com o espaço, misturando caos e pacificidade nesses cenários inóspitos e isolados, usando também muito bem seus sons diegéticos.
Em aspectos narrativos, é visível como o Villeneuve se interessa mais em usar elementos expressivos muito acompanhados da história objetiva em seus filmes. Pensando nisso, a maneira com vai se revelando o mistério tem seu tom sempre bem trabalhado, e as diferentes linhas do tempo nunca ficam confusas ou didáticas demais. A revelação final em palavras por…
Review by Zarek Edwards ★★★★½

Incendies is a absolute powerhouse of a film. If you have the luxury of going in completely blind here, DO NOT waste it.
Review by radykovich ★★★★

1+1=1
Review by SangeetSarangi ★★★★

One of the greatest war films I have seen.
Review by Ethan Philips ★★★★

This was totally worth it just for that ending scene jesus fuck
Review by NATH ★★★★★

Denis Villeneuve you fucking psychopath
Review by bucknutz18 ★★★★½

Fuck, man. Fuck
Review by Renegades of Youth ★★★★★ 3

Δε την έχω τελειωσει ακόμα. Σταμάτησα απλά να βάλω 5 αστέρια και συνεχίζω.
Review by Luke ★★★★★

Speechless
Review by Mohammed Loukilia ★★★★★

تراجيديا عظيمة بنهاية صادمة ; افضل عمل للمخرج دينيس فيلنوف بدون شك
Review by jmlo ★★★½

Smart and shocking film. Arrival and Enemy were also tight little plot balls. I think I’m just left a little cold by Villeneuve’s tendency to tie up all loose ends in a twisty way (a la Shyamalan, the patron saint of twist endings).
Review by Ryan ★★★★★

Villeneuve does not miss.