Maxim Gaudette

Unearthing a Secret Carried to the Grave

MOVIE REVIEW
Incendies (2010)

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EOne Films

Nominated for an Oscar in the Best Foreign Language Film category, Denis Villeneuve’s “Incendies” uses Middle East unrest as a framework for classic Greek tragedy. What transpires is a brutal and compelling meditation on war, survival and reconciliation, even when its core Sophoclean aspect starts reaching really far into daytime soap territory.

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