A Mother's Will to Her Twins - Uncovering Her Misunderstood Life

Rating: 9/10 (16 February 2018)

Excellent storytelling and early feature film by Denis Villeneuve , renown for reinvigorating the mystery/thriller genre (Enemy, Prisoners, Arrival) .. Incendies was an early first before his bigger hollywood budgets
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Story follows two directions, one past one present, of two twins tracking their mother's footsteps to uncover the mysteries of her past.
The twins of a dying mother are given two tasks to fulfill before they bury her in a "tradition grave": to find their father and brother. They believe their father has died in the religious wars waging during their mother's time, but the notary suggest they to search deeper. The son holds resentment in his heart, but the daughter wants to complete her mother's wish and learn about her family history.
This leads her on an adventure through the middle east as she tracks various stomping grounds of her mother (including childhood village, university, prison) hoping to find the whereabouts of her father and brother. The secrets to their identities are shocking disturbing.
Meanwhile the story transitions into the past of their mother's life: her love for a muslim refugee, the politics of religious warfare in the area, the search and discovery of her adopted son, and all the various people who's heart she touched during her lifetime.

Early masterpiece from the legend Denis Villeneuve, bravo