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IMDb rating 8.3
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Critic rating 6.8

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Critic David Parkinson
rated 8

A thriller that twists and turns with an understated power that will have you gripping the arm of your seat. Terrific stuff.

Read full review at Empire
Critic Peter Bradshaw
rated 6

...as a cinematic prose-poem, it has undoubted force.

Read full review at The Guardian
Critic Roger Ebert
rated 8

A MacGuffin is a way of setting a story into motion, and "Incendies" tells a shocking one.

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Critic Tasha Robinson
rated 6

...it’s an agonizingly well-crafted slog through a series of shocking emotional extremes.

Read full review at The A.V. Club
Critic Frederik Asschenfeldt Vandrup
rated 7

Et studie i aktiv sorgbearbejdelse, en rejse ind i et religiøst minefelt – og en manipulerende tåreperser...

Read full review at Cinemazone
lea

Virkelig god film

2 years ago
pw
rated 8

Bra och tankeväckande! Hade dock höga förväntningar som inte riktigt uppfylldes. Men definitivt sevärd!

2 years ago
Michael Thomsen
rated 7

Solidt borgerkrigsdrama fra den senere "Dune" instruktør Villeneuve.

2 years ago

Cast & Crew

Rémy Girard
As Notary Lebel
Lubna Azabal
As Nawal
John Dunn-Hill
As Professor Said Haidar
Mohamed Majd
As Man from Chamseddine #2
Baya Belal
As Maika

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Incendies is a mystery drama film that follows the story of twins Jeanne and Simon Marwan, who embark on a journey to the Middle East to uncover their family's past after their mother's death. They are tasked with finding their father, who they believed was dead, and a brother they never knew existed. The siblings uncover dark secrets and confront their family's traumatic history as they piece together the puzzle of their mother's past. With its roots in a successful play by Wajdi Mouawad, Incendies has been praised for its powerful storytelling and exploration of themes such as identity, family, and the impact of war.

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Incendies include The Good German, The Red Machine, Hyena Road, The Wind That Shakes the Barley, Inglourious Basterds, The Imitation Game.