Incendies

R 8.3
2011 2 hr 11 min Drama , Mystery , War

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.

  • Cast:
    Lubna Azabal , Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin , Maxim Gaudette , Rémy Girard , Allen Altman , Abdelghafour Elaaziz , John Dunn-Hill

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Reviews

AniInterview
2011/04/22

Sorry, this movie sucks

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Afouotos
2011/04/23

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

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Kaelan Mccaffrey
2011/04/24

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

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Janis
2011/04/25

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

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adonis98-743-186503
2011/04/26

Incendies is a movie starring Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, and Maxim Gaudette. Twins journey to the Middle East to discover their family history and fulfill their mother's last wishes. The acting is good and the cinematography looks like there has been a pretty good work with it but 'Incendies' is a very slow paced and boring drama that doesn't really do much, the message that it tries to sell also lacks dramatic depth plus with a rating so high anyone besides me would expect something wonderful and just strong but i guess this film isn't one of those strong movies. The Top 250 movies of all time has alot of junk and this one is no different i'm afraid. (0/10)

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isenhart17
2011/04/27

This film was just before the mass imigration from syria. The goal of this movie was probably to change ppl view on musilism ppl. They never mentionned once the word musilism, but you hear christian often, and guess who are the christians, THE EVIL PPL.Oh well, sadly im from where denis villeneuve is born and it totaly fits with tghe politic here, clearly a leftist propaganda movie

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cemredemir
2011/04/28

I do not want to talk about the movie's technical issues. It is apparent that it has some technical issues. But from the story of view, it is just heart hitting. After watching the movie, you feel like something big like a rock is sitting on your heart inside. It clearly makes you feel how is it like to be a middle eastern.Worth to watch even only for this part.----spoiler----Is 1+1 = 2, is 1+1=1? -----spoiler----

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nanafreiheit
2011/04/29

I have to admit that I went to watch this movie with some friends without having great expectations. As I am learning French I thought it was a good chance to hear French being spoken. I was totally wrong about this movie. While I was watching it I could not move my eyes from the screen. The plot at first seems simple. Two twins are searching for their unknown brother. But nothing in this movie is at it seems. Nice acting , suitable soundtrack. And the direction is superb in my opinion. In the end of the movie when everything come to light I was almost with my mouth open. Movies usually do not surprise me, but this one actually did. All in all I believe it's worth watching . I have watched it already twice and still I wanna watch it again. I do not know if its my favourite movie but it's definitely among my favourites.

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