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Incendies

Cast

Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette, Rémy Girard View All


Crew

Denis Villeneuve (Director), Denis Villeneuve (Writer), Wajdi Mouawad (Writer) View All

Release: Sep. 4th, 2010
Runtime: 2 hours, 10 minutes
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.
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Holden Pike
In modern day Qubec, two adult children, twins Jeanne and Simon (Mlissa Dsormeaux-Poulin & Maxim Gaudette), find in their recently deceased mother's will two mysterious sealed letters, one addressed to "the father" and given to Jeanne, the other addressed to "the son" and given to Simon.
Iroquois
The premise proves solid enough as the naturally-opposed twins must deal with a side of their mother that they never knew even as the film shows in excruciating detail what kind of ordeals she had to face in the old country; the first flashback scene shows Nawal's husband being gunned down by her br....
Takoma11
Twins Jeanne (Mlissa Dsormeaux-Poulin) and Simon (Maxim Gaudette) are reeling from the recent death of their mother, Nawal (Lubna Azabal) when their mother's will throws another shock in their direction.
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