Incendies

At the end of the movie, you think, "What did I just watch?" While I was saddened by the scene where the child was shot in the early scenes, I was confused as the film progressed.  It begins like a mystery about a family’s past, but slowly turns into something much darker, forcing you to confront war, trauma, hatred, and the things people are capable of doing to survive. What affected me most is how the story connects personal tragedy with the larger horrors of war. The characters aren’t simply victims or villains; they’re people shaped and destroyed by circumstances they never chose. The journey of the twins makes the story especially powerful because every answer they find brings them closer to a truth they desperately wish they hadn’t discovered. The final revelation completely broke me. It isn’t just shocking for the sake of being shocking—it changes the meaning of everything that came before it. By the end, the film leaves you with a feeling of emptiness that is incredibly difficult to shake. The Radiohead song "You and Whose Army," which plays at the beginning of the film and throughout, made the movie emotionally heavy.