Incendies

For the play, see Incendies (play).

Incendies
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDenis Villeneuve
Screenplay by
  • Denis Villeneuve
  • Valérie Beaugrand-Champagne
Based onIncendies
by Wajdi Mouawad
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyAndré Turpin
Edited byMonique Dartonne
Music byGrégoire Hetzel
Production
company
micro_scope[1]
Distributed byEntertainment One
Release dates
  • 3 September 2010 (2010-09-03) (Venice)
  • 4 September 2010 (2010-09-04) (Telluride)
  • 17 September 2010 (2010-09-17) (Canada)
Running time
130 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguagesArabic[2]
French
Budget$6.5 million[3]
Box office$16 million[4]

Incendies (French: [ɛ̃sɑ̃di] ⓘ; English: Fires) is a 2010 Canadian drama film directed by Denis Villeneuve, who co-wrote the screenplay with Valérie Beaugrand-Champagne. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad's play of the same name, Incendies stars Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette, and Rémy Girard.

The story concerns Canadian twins who travel to their mother's native country in the Levant to uncover her hidden past amidst a bloody civil war. While the country is unnamed, the events in the film are heavily influenced by the Lebanese Civil War and particularly the story of the prisoner Souha Bechara. The film was shot mainly in Montreal, with fifteen days spent in Jordan.

It premiered at the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals in September 2010, and was released in Quebec on 17 September 2010. It met with critical acclaim in Canada and abroad and won numerous awards.

In 2011, it was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Incendies also won eight Genie Awards, including Best Motion Picture.

  1. ^ Chabot, Simon (27 June 2009). "Les coulisses d'Incendies : plonger dans le décor". La Presse. Archived from the original on 6 October 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Incendies". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on 17 July 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Quebecers all benefit when we can tell our own stories". Montreal Gazette. 1 March 2011.
  4. ^ "Incendies (2010)". The Numbers. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.