Incendies

Canadian-French military drama directed and written by Denis Villeneuve, released in 2010. Starring Lyubna Azabal, Melissa Desormaux-Poulin. The film is based on the play by Vajdi Mouawad. The film was shown for the first time on September 4, 2010 in Canada and Belgium. In Ukraine, the film was not shown in cinemas. After her death, the mother, Naval Marwan, bequeaths her children, twins Jeanie and Simone, to find their father and brother, about whom they have never heard anything. In order to unravel the family secrets, they need to go to the Middle East, the motherland, the land of constant wars and undying love. But some secrets are better not known... The film received positive reviews with a Rotten Tomatoes score of 92% based on 118 reviews from critics (7.9/10 average) and 88% from audiences with a 4.3/5 average (15,729 votes). In general, the film has a positive rating on the site, the film received a "ripe tomato" from film critics and "popcorn" from the audience, Internet Movie Database — 8.2/10 (52,980 votes), Metacritic — 82/100 (34 critics' reviews) and 8.0/10 from the audience (66 votes). Overall, the film received positive reviews from critics and audiences at the site.Box Office During its US release beginning on April 22, 2011, the film opened in 3 theaters in its first week and grossed $50,679, which at the time ranked it 46th among all openings. The film ran for 161 days (23 weeks) and ended on September 29, 2011. During its run, the film grossed $2,071,334 in the US ($6,857,096 according to other sources) and $1,477,434 ($5,740.11 according to other sources), for a total of $3,548,768 ($12,597,210 according to other sources) on a budget of $6.8 million