After the reading of their mother Nawal's will, twin siblings Simon and Jeanne embark on a journey to the Middle East which reveals a great deal about their mother's past and culminates in a shocking revelation.
Incendies
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When notary Lebel (Rémy Girard) sits down with Jeanne and Simon Marwan (Mélissa Désormeaux Poulin, Maxim Gaudette) to read them their mother Nawal’s will (Lubna Azabal), the twins are stunned to receive a pair of envelopes – one for the father they thought was dead and another for a brother they didn’t know existed. In this enigmatic inheritance, Jeanne sees the key to Nawal’s retreat into unexplained silence during the final weeks of her life. She immediately decides to go to the Middle East to dig into a family history of which she knows next to nothing. Simon is unmoved by their mother’s posthumous mind games. However, the love he has for his sister is strong, and he soon joins her in combing their ancestral homeland in search of a Nawal who is very different from the mother they knew. With Lebel’s help, the twins piece together the story of the woman who brought them into the world, discovering a tragic fate as well as the courage of an exceptional woman. An adaptation of Wajdi Mouawad’s hit play, INCENDIES is a deeply moving story that brings the extremism and violence of today’s world to a starkly personal level, delivering a powerful and poetic testament to the uncanny power of the will to survive.
Cast and crew
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Denis Villeneuve
Director, Writer -
Lubna Azabal
Nawal Marwan / Simon and Jeanne's mother -
Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin
Jeanne Marwan / Simon's sister -
Maxim Gaudette
Simon Marwan / Jeanne's twin brother -
Mustafa Kamel
Barbier de la Milice / Officer Milice Chrétienne -
Hussein Sami
Nihad / 5 ans / y.o. -
Rémy Girard
Jean Lebel / Notaire-notary -
Dominique Briand
Professor Niv Cohen -
Frédéric Paquet
Médecin a l'urgence / Emergency doctor -
Hamed Najem
Wahab -
Ahmad Massad
Bassem Marwan -
Bader Alami
Nicolas Marwan -
Majida Hussein
Grand-mére de Nawal -
Asriah Nijres
Sage-Femme -
John Dunn-Hill
Professeur Saïd Haidar -
Nadia Essadiqi
Secrétaire Université -
Chaouki Charbel
Professeur Université -
Axel Garbi
Universitaire #1 -
Amine Benzenine
Universitaire #2 -
Joyce Raie
Étudiante Journaliste -
Celine Soulier
Journaliste Française -
Sumaya Al-Attia
Rafqa -
Moh'd Rashed Ajlouni
Étudiant à Bout de Souffle -
Nabil Koni
Oncle Charbel -
Laila Qutub
Jeune Cousine de Nawal -
Raja'a Hikma
Tante de Nawal -
Wajdi Mouawad
Writer -
Valérie Beaugrand-Champagne
Writer
Additional information
Directors
Denis VilleneuveDirectors
Studio
Sony PicturesStudio
Subtitles
EnglishEnglish (CC)
Subtitles
English (CC)
Genres
DramaGenres
Writers
Denis VilleneuveWajdi Mouawad
Valérie Beaugrand-Champagne
Writers
Wajdi Mouawad
Valérie Beaugrand-Champagne
Size
7.65 GB (1080p HD)3.62 GB (720p HD)
2.72 GB (SD)
Size
3.62 GB (720p HD)
2.72 GB (SD)
Additional terms
Terms of transactionWindows | Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 or later |
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Xbox | Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox One S, Xbox One X |
Mobile | Windows Phone 8, Windows Phone 8.1, Windows 10 or later |