INCENDIES (2010) by Denis Villeneuve

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Twins Jeanne and Simon Marwan (Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette) weren't expecting much from their mother Nawal's will (Lubna Azabal). They are understandably stunned when Jean Lebel (Rémy Girard), notary and long-time friend of Nawal's, reads her last wishes: for the twins to hand-deliver two letters, one to a father they thought dead, the other to a brother they never knew existed.

Helped by Jean Lebel, the twins slowly piece together Nawal's heartbreaking story: that of a life mortgaged by the self-fuelling cycle of war and hate... and finally discovering their mother's exceptional courage and resolve.

Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad's acclaimed stage play, Incendies takes an unbiased and painfully poetic look at the roots of all wars through two young adults' personal voyage to the core of hatred and enduring love.


Writer and Director: Denis Villeneuve

Producers: Luc Déry and Kim McCraw
Co-producers: Miléna Poylo & Gilles Sacuto, Anthony Doncque
Associate Producers: Phoebe Greenberg, Penny Mancuso

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With the collaboration of TS Productions
In association with Phi Group

Script Coach Valérie Beaugrand-Champagne
Based on the stage play Incendies by Wadji Mouawad

Line Producers: Stephen Traynor, Sylvie Trudelle
Director of Photography: André Turpin
Production Design: André-Line Beauparlant
Costume Design: Sophie Lefebvre
Editing: Monique Dartonne
Sound: Jean Umansky, Sylvain Bellemare, Jean-Pierre Laforce
Original Score: Grégoire Hetzel

Actors: Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette and Rémy Girard

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