Should you watch Incendies?
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Incendies
Film · 2010
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.
The sides of Incendies
- Twins reading their mother's last wishes
- A search through a country torn by civil war
- A family secret buried for decades
Incendies is good for you if…
- you like a revelation at the end that changes everything you saw.
- you like a film that leaves you shaken long after.
- you want to understand a civil war through one woman's life.
Incendies is bad for you if…
- you can't take massacres, prison and rape on screen.
- you won't read subtitles, and the twins' search unfolds in French and Arabic.
About: family secrets · war · forgiveness
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