Incendies
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| Directed by | Denis Villeneuve |
| Produced by |
Luc Déry Kim McCraw |
| Screenplay by | Denis Villeneuve Valérie Beaugrand-Champagne |
| Based on |
Incendies by Wajdi Mouawad |
| Starring |
Lubna Azabal Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin Maxim Gaudette Rémy Girard Allen Altman |
| Music by | Grégoire Hetzel |
| Cinematography | André Turpin |
| Edited by | Monique Dartonne |
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| Distributed by |
E1 Entertainment (Canada) Sony Pictures Classics (USA) |
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Running time
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130 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | French Arabic |
| Budget | $6.5 million |
| Box office | $16,038,343. |
Incendies (French: [ɛ̃.sɑ̃.di], "Fires") is a 2010 Canadian mystery-drama film written and directed by Denis Villeneuve. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad's play of the same name, Incendies stars Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette and Rémy Girard. The story concerns Canadian twins who travel to their mother's native country in the Middle East to uncover her hidden past, tied in with a bloody civil war. Although the country is unnamed, the events in the film are heavily influenced by the Lebanese Civil War and in particular the story of prisoner Souha Bechara.
The film premiered at the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals in September 2010 and was released in Quebec on 17 September 2010. The film met with critical acclaim in Canada, Quebec and abroad and won numerous awards. In 2011, it was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It also won eight awards at the 31st Genie Awards, including Best Motion Picture.
Following the death of Nawal Marwan, a Canadian immigrant, her two children, fraternal twins Jeanne and Simon, meet with French Canadian notary Jean Lebel, a friend of their mother. Nawal's will makes reference to not keeping a promise, denying her a proper gravestone and casket, unless Jeanne and Simon track down their mysterious brother, whose existence they were previously unaware of, and their father, whom they believed was dead.
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