Released in 2010 and directed by Denis Villeneuve, Incendies is a Canadian war tragedy adapted from the stage play by Wajdi Mouawad. The film follows twins Jeanne and Simon Marwan, who travel to their late mother Nawal’s unnamed Middle Eastern homeland to fulfill her final, cryptic wishes: delivering two letters to a father they believed was dead and a brother they never knew existed. Plot Overview

Incendies 2010 Film: A Powerful and Emotional Drama

The Search: Jeanne travels to the Middle East (modeled after Lebanon) to trace her mother's past.

The film masterfully weaves between the twins' present-day investigation and flashbacks of Nawal’s life