*ing: Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette, Rémy Girard
Genre: Drama, War
Intense. Very Intense.
You really wanna know what a civil war / unrest can do to families and lives you gotta watch this one. This one ain't no documentary but it sure gives you very deep emotional peek into the life of one very brave Palestinian Christian woman who losses everything due to the unrest between Muslims and Christians. It shows how disturbing life can be if you are a Palestinian. The movie describes the story of Nawal Marwan (Lubna Azabal), how she looses her Muslim boyfriend while she about to elope while she is pregnant, she anyway gives birth to her love child and is forced to abandon her new born and .... then .... war happens ... a war that tears apart her family and her roots, transforms her and displaces her ... a war that also gives her two twins who will ultimately set out on a quest to find their father and a lost brother after their mothers death. The quest of the children to search for their father and brother after their mother Nawal's death form the plot. What I liked is the way the story of Nawal is told in bits and parts as flashbacks while the quest is going on. The way Nawal is introduced as a lover, a mother, a rebel et al is noteworthy.
The movie gets pretty graphic while it talks about the war ... there are couple of split second scenes that will freeze you with shock. The screenplay is intense, gut-wrenching and involving, a devastating story that is mostly about love and hate without beating around the bush. It's one of those in your face type screenplay and direction that makes this a must watch. No wonder this movie got nominated as one of the best foreign movies in the Academy Awards.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1255953/
Rottentomatoes: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/incendies/
Genre: Drama, War
Intense. Very Intense. You really wanna know what a civil war / unrest can do to families and lives you gotta watch this one. This one ain't no documentary but it sure gives you very deep emotional peek into the life of one very brave Palestinian Christian woman who losses everything due to the unrest between Muslims and Christians. It shows how disturbing life can be if you are a Palestinian. The movie describes the story of Nawal Marwan (Lubna Azabal), how she looses her Muslim boyfriend while she about to elope while she is pregnant, she anyway gives birth to her love child and is forced to abandon her new born and .... then .... war happens ... a war that tears apart her family and her roots, transforms her and displaces her ... a war that also gives her two twins who will ultimately set out on a quest to find their father and a lost brother after their mothers death. The quest of the children to search for their father and brother after their mother Nawal's death form the plot. What I liked is the way the story of Nawal is told in bits and parts as flashbacks while the quest is going on. The way Nawal is introduced as a lover, a mother, a rebel et al is noteworthy.
The movie gets pretty graphic while it talks about the war ... there are couple of split second scenes that will freeze you with shock. The screenplay is intense, gut-wrenching and involving, a devastating story that is mostly about love and hate without beating around the bush. It's one of those in your face type screenplay and direction that makes this a must watch. No wonder this movie got nominated as one of the best foreign movies in the Academy Awards.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1255953/
Rottentomatoes: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/incendies/
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