Incendies

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Murilo B @Murilo2026 4d Film: 5, Screenplay: 5, Acting: 5, Directing: 5, Heart: 5. The screenplay is certainly the strong point of this film. Each story is impressive, as is the way they all connect at the end. The country's cultures are interesting. I was shocked by the ending. Wow, I really love figs. See more Delle T @thedelletorres 6d Incendies is not an easy movie to recommend because it’s not an easy movie to watch. It’s bleak, disturbing, occasionally melodramatic, and emotionally exhausting. But it’s also exceptionally constructed filmmaking. Incendies isn’t really about discovering a family’s secret. It’s about discovering what war has done to that family—and realizing that sometimes the past doesn’t stay in the past. And that final revelation? Absolutely devastating. See more Alberto B @Magellan9 Aug 1 Incendies has a brilliant premise and a powerful final twist, but it asks too much patience from the viewer to get there. The pacing is excessively slow, and the characters never feel fully developed—they serve the plot more than they feel like real people. I have no problem with slow cinema; in fact, I love quiet moments when they deepen the characters and the story. Here, however, they often felt more like an attempt to create an intellectual, arthouse atmosphere than genuine emotional engagement. A missed opportunity, because the story had the potential to become a truly unforgettable human thriller. See more Grant H @dj530 May 3 Denis Villanueve's first masterpiece, Incendies investigates the annals of war and the bottom of the barrel morals and values that can become of its grip. Heart wrenching, shocking, and a sadness level rarely depicted in film, the ending and message will stay with you forever. See more Andy B @AndyB21 Apr 20 Bleak as hell, but an absolutely incredible film. Maybe the ending stretches coincidence a little too far, but damn.....that twist. See more Alain E @AlainE Apr 17 This is truly a masterpiece, about a difficult subject. The narrative progresses with frequent flashbacks that at time can be disorienting if you are not familiar with Arabic facial features and you confuse the mother with her daughter. The story includes a very complicated family situation and the senseless violence that has affected the Middle East, which unfortunately continues to the present day. For this reason, I assume that it was easy to find destroyed villages to act as scenery. Very well photographed and interpreted. Very good musical score with two Radiohead songs and a haunting classical song with the final credits. On Tubi. See more Read all reviews

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