Incendies

Name: Incendies
Genre: Drama, War, Mystery
Released: 2010-09-17
Duration: 2 h 11 min
Rating: 8.2
Cast: Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette, Rémy Girard, Allen Altman

The search began at the opening of their mother's will.

Incendies (2010)

Timing: 2:11 (131 min)

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Release date

2010-09-17

Country

Canada, France

Production

Entertainment One, Téléfilm Canada, micro_scope, Sony Pictures Classics, CNC, The Movie Network, Astral Media, Super Écran, Seville International, TS Productions, Phi Group, Société Radio-Canada

Genre

Drama, War, Mystery

Budget

$6 800 000

Revenue

$3 548 768

Website

http://www.sonyclassics.com/incendies/

Director

Denis Villeneuve

Actors

Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette, Rémy Girard, Allen Altman, Abdelghafour Elaaziz, Dominique Briand, Frédéric Paquet, Ahmad Massad, John Dunn-Hill
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Scenario

Producer

Kim McCraw, Luc Déry

Operator

André Turpin

Composer

Grégoire Hetzel

Artist

André-Line Beauparlant

Audition

Lucie Robitaille, Constance Demontoy, Lara Atalla

Editing

Monique Dartonne
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Short description

A mother's last wishes send twins Jeanne and Simon on a journey to Middle East in search of their tangled roots. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad's acclaimed play, Incendies tells the powerful and moving tale of two young adults' voyage to the core of deep-rooted hatred, never-ending wars and enduring love.

What's left behind the scenes

For the on-location shoots, director and screenwriter Denis Villeneuve enlisted the help of filmmakers from Iraq and Lebanon. Initially, he worried that recalling the horrors of war would be difficult for them, but he soon discovered that they were all eager to tell the world what had happened.
Filming took place in Canada (Montreal) and Jordan (Amman).
The city of Darresh, where part of the action takes place, is fictional.
While preparing for his role as Simon in Villeneuve's film, Maxime Godet visited Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan.
Finding an actress for the role eventually played by Lubna Azabal proved difficult. Denis Villeneuve reviewed numerous actresses from around the world until he saw Azabal in Hany Abu-Assad's thriller 'Paradise Now' (2005).
The film is based on the play of the same name by Wajdi Mouawad.
It took Denis Villeneuve five years to work on the screenplay. During that time, he directed two feature films and two short films.