Incendies

Based on the play by Wajdi Mouawad, "Incendies" follows twin siblings who uncover a shocking family secret after they agree to fulfill their mother's dying wish. When notary Lebel (Girard) sits down with Jeanne (Desormeaux-Poulin) and Simon Marwan (Gaudette) to read them their mother's will, the twins receive a pair of envelopes—one for the father they thought was dead and another for a brother they didn't know existed. Jeanne sees the letters as the key to their mother's retreat into unexplained silence during the final weeks of her life and journeys to the Middle East to dig into a mysterious family history. Simon joins his sister soon after, and with Lebel's help, the twins piece together the story of their mother Nawal (Azabal), discovering a tragic fate as well as the courage of an exceptional woman. 2010 Academy Award® nominee for Best Foreign Language Film. (Gary Reber)