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Incendies (2010)
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Writers: Denis Villeneuve (scenario), Wajdi Mouawad (play)
Cast: Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette
Genre: Drama, Mystery, War
Language: Arabic, French
I had not heard of this before. I kinda knew it was about something in the middle east, but that's all I knew. I haven't read any of the reviews so don't know what you guys thought of it. I image most will like it, as it's a well made film.
Wow! the opening sequence with the boys getting their heads shaved, that was powerfully artistic. Especially that intense stare into the camera by the boy...Damn that was impressive film making.
When we get to the next scene, the reading of the will, I kinda thought the film might be boring. But then we get into the story of the daughter and her search for her missing brother in the middle east and I was hooked! I was even more hooked when the film flashes back to the early 1970s and we see the mother, who's now a young pregnant woman caught in the middle of the Lebanese civil war. Her story was very engaging and I was riveted to the screen. Both actresses were fascinating to watch and really conveyed their emotions so well, I wish the entire film had been about them.
I'd rate the first hour of the film a solid 5/5 and at this point I thought Incendies might very well be a favorite of mine.
But then the second half started and I lost some interest. I didn't like the actor who played the son and thought his story wasn't all that interesting. Neither was the older man from Montreal that went along with him to Lebanon. This last hour took the film down a notch and I did feel like I was watching a movie as opposed to the first hour where I felt like I was watching real people in a real place.
I'm not fond of the ending. Just now, I did a little reading and seen this was based on a play that was based on real events. But I don't know how much of this really happened ?
Not sure how the ending makes me feel about the movie? If it's based on true events, then it belongs in the movie. However, if the ending was embellished, it's then way too much and takes away from the more heartfelt personal journey that we see in the first hour.
Incendies (2010)
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Writers: Denis Villeneuve (scenario), Wajdi Mouawad (play)
Cast: Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette
Genre: Drama, Mystery, War
Language: Arabic, French
"Twins journey to the Middle East to discover their family history and fulfill their mother's last wishes."
I had not heard of this before. I kinda knew it was about something in the middle east, but that's all I knew. I haven't read any of the reviews so don't know what you guys thought of it. I image most will like it, as it's a well made film.
Wow! the opening sequence with the boys getting their heads shaved, that was powerfully artistic. Especially that intense stare into the camera by the boy...Damn that was impressive film making.
When we get to the next scene, the reading of the will, I kinda thought the film might be boring. But then we get into the story of the daughter and her search for her missing brother in the middle east and I was hooked! I was even more hooked when the film flashes back to the early 1970s and we see the mother, who's now a young pregnant woman caught in the middle of the Lebanese civil war. Her story was very engaging and I was riveted to the screen. Both actresses were fascinating to watch and really conveyed their emotions so well, I wish the entire film had been about them.
I'd rate the first hour of the film a solid 5/5 and at this point I thought Incendies might very well be a favorite of mine.
But then the second half started and I lost some interest. I didn't like the actor who played the son and thought his story wasn't all that interesting. Neither was the older man from Montreal that went along with him to Lebanon. This last hour took the film down a notch and I did feel like I was watching a movie as opposed to the first hour where I felt like I was watching real people in a real place.
I'm not fond of the ending. Just now, I did a little reading and seen this was based on a play that was based on real events. But I don't know how much of this really happened ?
Not sure how the ending makes me feel about the movie? If it's based on true events, then it belongs in the movie. However, if the ending was embellished, it's then way too much and takes away from the more heartfelt personal journey that we see in the first hour.