131 mins
8.8 / 10 (11024)
20

Synopsis

Twins Simon and Jeanne visit a notary to hear their mother’s will and are surprised to find that they have a brother and that their father is still alive. They travel to an unnamed Middle Eastern country where they discover that the fortunes of their family were determined by the region’s conflicts.

MUBI's take

Before he became one of the biggest names in blockbuster filmmaking, Denis Villeneuve scored an Oscar® nod for Best Foreign Language Film with this visceral thriller. Tracing the indelible scars of war across oceans and generations, Incendies is a globetrotting mystery of singular emotional power.