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Incendies

Movie · 2010 · 133 min

A haunting, slow-burning mystery that burrows into you, revealing devastating truths with quiet, cumulative force.

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2010 film directed by Denis Villeneuve
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Year
2010
Runtime
133 min
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • family
  • trauma
  • identity
  • grief
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror5
Humour1
Realism8
Romance3
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity8
Emotional weight9

Details

Genres
drama, mystery
Directed by
Denis Villeneuve
Written by
Denis Villeneuve, Wajdi Mouawad, Valérie Beaugrand-Champagne
Starring
Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Jackie Sawiris, Rémy Girard, Maxim Gaudette, Mohamed Majd, Hind Kamel, Nabil Sawalha
Music
Grégoire Hetzel
Cinematography
André Turpin
Runtime
133 min
Country
Canada, France
Languages
French, English, Arabic

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