In an attempt to achieve the will of their dying mother, siblings, a teenage twin, whose mother leaves letters for them, informing them to go to unite with their estranged father and brother they never hear about them, but in their way, they face many challenges and learning many lessons.
...an intense and shattering experience, a nearly great film about promises and kinship and the secret, cruel lives our parents lived before we knew them
Although "Incendies" shows very little violence, the burden of knowing what's taking place off-screen is just as difficult for the audience to stomach.
Detroit News
May 27, 2011
It's a powerful, disturbing film. May there be a day when such works seem less relevant.
It's a raw and brutal look at the unending strife in the region, but it's also an unforgettable mystery that keeps the audience riveted through one surprising plot turn after another.
Rewarding, but ridiculously stingy in handing out simple details -- relationships, geographical settings, etc. -- vital to our grasp of what's going on.
