When a woman’s life comes to an end, her children’s lives go in shocking new directions. Obeying the requirements in their mother’s will, a brother and sister travel to the Middle East where they make unsettling discoveries about her and about themselves. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad’s award-winning play, Scorched, this beautifully filmed Québécois mystery was also a winner of multiple awards and a nominee for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It’s a spellbinding drama about the secret lives our parents lived before we knew them and the difficulties of bridging the chasm between generations, between cultures, and between siblings. According to one reviewer “there are no words to describe how touching and powerful this movie is”. So I might as well stop here.
“From its arresting opening to its shattering conclusion, the Canadian film Incendies is muscular, emotional film-making of the highest order… the story powers to a climax which left me reeling.” – The Observer
The film will be preceded by the screening of the short Callum by Michael van der Put, set in our very own Honor Oak!
Denis Villeneuve / Canada 2010 / 130 min / Cert: 15
