“Succeeds in demonstrating how senseless and futile it is to hate others because of their religion.” - Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
“A mystery, a melodrama, a prison film, and a love story, INCENDIES is foremost a scream of rage at a society destroyed by religion and by men.” - Ty Burr, Boston Globe
Tuesday, March 11, 6:00 p.m. | Adapted from the 2003 play by the same name (which translates as “Scorched”), by Lebanese-Canadian author Wajdi Mouawad, INCENDIES is told in both the present and through a series of flashbacks and follows the lives of Canadian twins who travel to their deceased mother’s native Levant to uncover what she experienced during a bloody civil war. What they discover is beyond human comprehension. Guest discussant: SAIC Professor of Philosophy Raja Halwani.
Awards & Nominations
Nominee - Best International Film, Academy Awards
Winner - Best Canadian Film, Toronto Film Critics Association
Winner - Best Canadian Feature Film, Toronto International Film Festival
Shadows of War Lecture Series: This series will examine the impact of war on the human psyche and feature films that tell stories of divided families, friends and lovers, human resilience and solidarity when confronting oppression, resistance to occupation, and ultimately unity in the face of tragedy. Presented in collaboration with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Art History, Theory, and Criticism department. Lecturer: Nora Annesley Taylor, Alsdorf Professor of South and Southeast Asian Art. Synopses by Annesley Taylor. Read more
The Film Center is ADA accessible. This presentation will be projected without open captions. The theater is hearing-loop equipped. For accessibility requests, please email filmcenter@saic.edu