Review of Incendies (2010) by Jamesl — 29 May 2011

This was a very good movie that reflected the realities of Lebanon's civil war. Although brutal and tough to watch at times, I thought the film captured the essence of that period based on my knowledge of it.

I do think the film could have had a prologue explaining the political situation in which we the viewer were about to be injected. One of the things I admire about foreign films is they are less likely to glamorize or gloss over the brutality that exists.

I went and looked up the history of the conflict and found it to be as complicated as this film portrayed. The scenes that really struck me were he cold blooded killing of the little child on the bus and the sniper killings in Beirut.

History seems to be continuously repeating itself in the Middle East.