The random views of Scott KissingerSaw the movie Incendies on Saturday. Powerful, moving, thought-provoking, and even a bit shocking. A wonderful change from the formulaic offerings from Hollywood.
A woman dies and, as directed by her will, her twin children must give chase to her past before they can give her a proper burial. They learn of her exile from her home village, of her role in the resistance during an unnamed middle east religious war, of how she was touched by unspeakable acts of horror during that war, and of a father they thought was dead and a brother they didn’t know they had. It all comes together with some amazing and well-disguised twists at the end.
Quality acting, graphic cinematography, and a story of the highest order make this a very enjoyable film.
Nominated for an Academy Award for best foreign film (it’s Canadian). Can’t imagine the winner was better.
Go see it.
(Source: sonyclassics.com)
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