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Incendies

حرائق

Denis Villeneuve's Oscar-nominated film about Canadian twins returning to their mother's Middle Eastern homeland, uncovering a civil war fought between Muslims and Christians.

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Identifiers
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Review
Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it

Civil wars and revoltsModern conflictsWomen

Screening Room

Format
Film · Muslim history or life carries the story
Released
2010 CE · 1431 AH†
Countries
CA · FR
Languages
fr (original) · ar (original)
Approach
drama of Muslim life
Depiction of sacred figures
The Prophet: Not applicable · Companions: Not applicable · Imams: Not applicable
Titles in other languages
Incendiesحرائق

Reception

  • Award. Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Motion Picture
  • Award. Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Film
  • Award. Québec Cinéma Award for Best Film

Where to watch officially: No official link recorded. · Listed, not endorsed.

Overview

"Incendies" is a film about contemporary Muslim life, released in 2010, produced in Canada and France, directed by Denis Villeneuve. Its leading performers include Lubna Azabal, None, Rémy Girard, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin and Allen Altman. Denis Villeneuve's film about two Canadian twins who return to their mother's country in the Middle East to discover the past of the civil war between Muslims and Christians; nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. 1 2

Context and reception

Among the awards and honours recorded for it: Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Motion Picture, Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Film, Québec Cinéma Award for Best Film. 1

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Features
Lubna Azabal· Maxim Gaudette· Rémy Girard· Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin· Allen Altman· Baya Belal· Mohamed Majd· Frédéric Paquet
Directed by
Denis Villeneuve
Written by
Denis Villeneuve· Wajdi Mouawad· Valérie Beaugrand-Champagne

People and things also explored

The Unleashing of Egypt's Slaves in al-Fustat, 411· Sajah bint al-Harith· Zaynab bint Ali· Quo Vadis, Aida?· The Milkmaid· The Cave· The Burdened· Papicha

Sources

  1. Wikidata
  2. IMDb
  • elCinema
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islam.museum contributors. “Incendies”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/screen/hawalaa-2010/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.

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The Unleashing of Egypt's Slaves in al-Fustat, 411

On a Tuesday, two nights before the end of Shawwal 411, a written placard appeared in Egypt, with slips scattered along the lanes asking the state to unleash the slaves in Egypt for three days. Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah feared it, as did the commanders and soothsayers, that they would burn Egypt, kill and plunder. So they let the slaves of Egypt take their camp, and the sultans' women pressed it until it weakened. The fighting lasted three days. People cried out to the slaves, saying that if their aims were achieved, nothing mighty or humble would remain unhumbled. Women, children and the city's notables gathered, crying out to the slaves, and [the spoils] were sold in the seized markets. Then al-Hakim went out himself, rode, halted before a line of them and called out 'Ya Aghatiyy', and they turned back. He had burned a third of Egypt, and a third of it had gone to plunder.