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Through her investigation, Jeanne discovers that Nawal’s hidden son—the brother she was forced to give up as a baby—was not a refugee lost to war. Instead, he was placed in an orphanage that was bombed. The sole survivor of that bombing, a boy with a scar on his heel, was taken to be raised by a Christian warlord named Abou Tarek. He is brainwashed, renamed "Nihad," and becomes a notorious torturer. Incendies -2010-2010

Best viewed alone, at night, with no distractions. The subtitles (Arabic and French) require your full attention. Have something strong to drink afterward. And do not, under any circumstances, read the ending before you see it. The duplicate in your keyword— Incendies -2010-2010 —might have been a typo. But ironically, it fits. Because the film is about doubling: two children searching for two lost men; two timelines; two wars (civil and domestic); two letters; two shots (the opening and the closing). The 2010-2010 is the film echoing itself, a perfect loop of pain. The sole survivor of that bombing, a boy

During her imprisonment, Nawal is brought a prisoner to torture. She is ordered to rape him with a metal bar. She refuses, but as the prison fights break down, she is forced to witness the atrocities. The prisoner she was supposed to mutilate? It is her son, Nihad—the man with the scar. He does not know her. She recognizes him by his heel. In her grief, she carves four gashes into his back with a razor to mark him. The subtitles (Arabic and French) require your full

The answer is no. Nawal’s entire life is an attempt to find her firstborn. In finding him, she loses her soul. Her twins, born of assault, are the only pure thing she has left—and she burdens them with the weight of her truth. The film argues that silence is a kind of death, but truth is a kind of bomb. It destroys everything.