Incendies -2010-2010 Review

"Incendies" is a French-Canadian drama film directed by Denis Villeneuve, released in 2010. The movie is based on the play of the same name by Wajdi Mouawad, who also wrote the screenplay.

Denis Villeneuve’s Incendies is a masterpiece because it does what great art must do: it holds a mirror up to hell and forces us to look. And when we finally see our own reflection in that hell—in the tired eyes of Nawal Marwan—we understand the film’s final, whispered truth. Incendies -2010-2010

In her youth, Nawal is a Christian student who falls in love with a Muslim refugee, Wahab. When her family discovers the pregnancy and the interfaith affair, they commit an honor killing—murdering Wahab in front of her eyes. Nawal gives birth to a son, but the child is immediately ripped from her arms and placed in an orphanage. This lost son, given the number "1 of 1," becomes the ghost that haunts her for 40 years. She vows to find him. "Incendies" is a French-Canadian drama film directed by

Incendies was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and it remains a high-water mark for Canadian cinema. It is a film about the silence of mothers, the secrets we keep to protect our children, and the terrifying realization that we never truly know the people who raised us. And when we finally see our own reflection

The next morning, Alia changed her last name to Nazar-Sawaya. Samir kept only Nazar. They never returned to Beirut.

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