Film
Incendies
2010· R· 2h 11m· Drama· Mystery· War
“The search began at the opening of their mother's will.”
Incendies (2010) distills Wajdi Mouawad's acclaimed play into a stark, unforgiving narrative of identity and inheritance. Jeanne and Simon, thrust into their mother's cryptic past, navigate a Middle Eastern landscape ravaged by conflict. Their quest, a mosaic of personal and political trauma, unravels the intricate bonds between familial love and historical enmity. Denis Villeneuve's direction strips away the veneer of the familiar, exposing the raw, relentless truth that binds the past to the present.
2010-09-17
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Key Crew
DirectorDenis Villeneuve
ScreenplayDenis Villeneuve
ProducerKim McCraw
Director of PhotographyAndré Turpin
Original Music ComposerGrégoire Hetzel
EditorMonique Dartonne
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Details
Released2010-09-17
Runtime2h 11m · R
StatusReleased
StudiosTS Productions · Phi Group · micro_scope
Budget$7M
Box office$7M
LanguagesFrench · Arabic · English
CountriesCanada · France
Rating8.1/10 · 3380 votes
Original languagefr
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