Incendies -2010-2010 [hot] -

Their mother’s will contains two envelopes: one for their father, whom they believed was dead, and one for a brother they never knew existed. To receive their inheritance—a set of letters detailing their mother’s secret past—the twins must travel to the unnamed Middle Eastern country (clearly modeled on war-torn Lebanon) of their birth. They must find their father and their brother.

The bus scene was shot in a single, unbroken take. Lubna Azabal was covered in blood for hours, and Villeneuve reportedly wept after calling "cut." The film originally premiered at the Venice Film Festival (2010) and went on to win eight Genie Awards (the Canadian Oscars) and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Oscars (2011). In an era of aestheticized violence and neat three-act structures, Incendies remains a stone in the shoe. It does not offer a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian or Lebanese civil wars (the unnamed country is intentionally a composite). Instead, it offers a mirror. The twist is not a gimmick; it is a philosophical statement about the indiscriminate nature of total war. When a society burns its own children, the only logical conclusion is that the torturer is the son, and the mother is his victim. Incendies -2010-2010

The climax occurs in the notary’s office. The twins bring the man they believe to be their brother and the man who is the prison torturer (their father) together. In a scene of unbearable tension, the notary reads the final letter. Their mother’s will contains two envelopes: one for