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The "Incendies Movie Index" is most famous for its devastating plot twist , which recontextualizes everything the children knew about their identity and their mother’s survival. Thematic Depth Incendies (2010) - IMDb

The story begins with the death of Nawal Marwan, a Middle Eastern immigrant living in Canada. In her will, she leaves her twin children, Jeanne and Simon, two sealed letters: one for a father they thought was dead and another for a brother they never knew existed. Incendies Movie Index

Jeanne travels to her mother’s unnamed native country (heavily based on Lebanon) to uncover the truth. The "Incendies Movie Index" is most famous for

Academy Award Nominee for Best Foreign Language Film (2011) Plot Overview: A Search for Roots she leaves her twin children

Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette, Rémy Girard