Watched Incendies last night.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/ju...ilm-review
"From its arresting opening to its shattering conclusion, the Canadian film Incendies is muscular, emotional film-making of the highest order, self-confident in its delivery yet always respectful of its characters' plight.
Even as it deals with the tangled knots left by conflict, Villeneuve never seems deceptive with his storytelling. "War has a merciless logic," a former warlord tells Melissa, and this story powers to a climax some might find contrived but which left me reeling, as if whacked over the head with a hardback copy of a Dickens novel."
Definitely one of the more unusual movies I've seen. It jumps back & forth from time to time, covering Nawal's life but is easy to grasp & has an ending which is unpredictable & utterly stunning.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/ju...ilm-review
"From its arresting opening to its shattering conclusion, the Canadian film Incendies is muscular, emotional film-making of the highest order, self-confident in its delivery yet always respectful of its characters' plight.
Even as it deals with the tangled knots left by conflict, Villeneuve never seems deceptive with his storytelling. "War has a merciless logic," a former warlord tells Melissa, and this story powers to a climax some might find contrived but which left me reeling, as if whacked over the head with a hardback copy of a Dickens novel."
Definitely one of the more unusual movies I've seen. It jumps back & forth from time to time, covering Nawal's life but is easy to grasp & has an ending which is unpredictable & utterly stunning.
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)