Incendies, the Promises of Blood
Incendies, the Promises of Blood

Summary/Abstract: Incendies, Denis Villeneuve’s 2010 movie set against the background of a civil war in a Middle East country, tells of a mother’s quest for her abducted-at-birth child. To fulfill her will after her death, her two children must conduct an investigation to find a father and a brother they had not previously heard of. This narration raises several fundamental questions: the escalation of violence to extremes, whether from family, religion or politics; the necessity to give precedence to the victims’ point of view and to the victim/tormentor entanglement; the specificity of the promise as compared to desire; and the exceptionality of maternal and grand-maternal love in human relationships.

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