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Incendies (2010)

A mother's last wishes send twins Jeanne and Simon on a journey to Middle East in search of their tangled roots. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad's acclaimed play, Incendies tells the powerful and moving tale of two young adults' voyage to the core of deep-rooted hatred, never-ending wars and enduring love.

Directed byDenis Villeneuve

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    Enemy

    Same director

    2014 · 91 min · Mystery · Thriller

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    A mild-mannered college professor discovers a look-alike actor and delves into the other man's private affairs.

    Why it connects

    • the same director
    • a closely matched era
    • shared production studio: micro_scope
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    Capernaum

    Strong movie match

    2018 · 126 min · Drama

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    After running away from his negligent parents, committing a violent crime and being sentenced to five years in jail, a hardened, streetwise 12-year-old Lebanese boy sues his parents in protest of the life they have given him.

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    • strong recommendation signals
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    Martyrs

    Strong movie match

    2008 · 99 min · Drama · Horror · Thriller

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    A young woman’s quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tortured her as a child leads her and her best friend, also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.

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    • strong recommendation signals
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    Custody

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    2018 · 93 min · Drama · Thriller

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    Miriam and Antoine have recently separated. While she’s willing to permit their 17-year-old daughter Josephine to decide living arrangements for herself, Miriam is desperate to keep her youngest, 11-year-old Julien, away from his father. But the magistrate rules in favour of joint custody, and suddenly the boy is thrown directly into the middle of an escalating parental conflict, where it seems inevitable that sides must be chosen.

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    • strong recommendation signals
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    Defiance

    Genre overlap

    2008 · 137 min · Drama · History · War

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    Based on a true story, during World War II, four Jewish brothers escape their Nazi-occupied homeland of West Belarus in Poland and join the Soviet partisans to combat the Nazis. The brothers begin the rescue of roughly 1,200 Jews still trapped in the ghettos of Poland.

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    • substantial genre overlap
    • a closely matched era
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  6. 08

    Hotel Rwanda

    Genre overlap

    2004 · 122 min · Drama · History · War

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    Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world. Hotel owner Paul Rusesabagina houses over a thousand refuges in his hotel in attempt to save their lives.

    Why it connects

    • substantial genre overlap
    • similar audience response
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  7. 09

    Brothers

    Genre overlap

    2009 · 105 min · Drama · Thriller · War

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    When his helicopter goes down during his fourth tour of duty in Afghanistan, Marine Sam Cahill is presumed dead. Back home, brother Tommy steps in to look over Sam’s wife, Grace, and two children. Sam’s surprise homecoming triggers domestic mayhem.

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    • substantial genre overlap
    • a closely matched era
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    Outside the Law

    Genre overlap

    2010 · 137 min · Action · Drama · History · War

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    After losing their family home in Algeria in the 1920s, three brothers and their mother are scattered across the globe. Messaoud joins the French army fighting in Indochina; Abdelkader becomes a leader of the Algerian independence movement in France and Saïd moves to Paris to make his fortune in the shady clubs and boxing halls of Pigalle.

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    • shared genre DNA
    • a closely matched era
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