Does anyone truly win a war? Perhaps one nation comes out ahead in terms of political and military advantage after an armed conflict, but as far as the people in the midst of the fighting are concerned, either by design or by accident, can anyone walk away without scars? Playwright Wajdi Mouawad used one woman’s harrowing and ultimately tragic story as a metaphor to consider the grim impact of war on the people caught in the crossfire -- particularly in the political and sectarian conflicts that have gripped the Middle East for decades -- in his stage drama
Incendies. Filmmaker Denis Villeneuve has brought Mouawad’s play to the screen, and while he’s successfu...
Released:
2009
Rated:
R
Length:
130 mins