I just want to point out two things to help you enjoy this brilliant movie.

Rating: 9/10 (30 January 2013)

There are two things I want to say here. The first is that while most of you know that the movie is based on a play, many seem to ignore that the play was also written in french, and therefore named Incendies, not Scorched. The Writer is one of my favourite persons in the world and his name is WAJDI MOUAWAD, so if you could stop calling him Mouhad it would make me very happy.
But the second and most important thing I want to say regards the reviews that that criticized the ending of the movie for being too far-fetched and killing itself by going over the top. I probably would have agreed a little if I had no prior knowledge of Mouawad's work. So I feel the need to point out that it is a Greek TRAGEDY. It is part of a trilogy where no piece is linked to the other in any other aspects than themes, from what I gather (the two other pieces are called Littoral (coast) and Forêts (Forests)). I had the chance to read a bit of his work, including Incendies, before I saw the movie and once you are aware that this is a Greek tragedy despite the settings, you see it under a different light. Maybe it seems strange, but it works - and besides, Genius always does, right?
Now that I've got that out of my system, I can skip to recommending you this movie with all my heart. I swear I am not saying that just because It's from Quebec (like me - if the spelling and grammar mistakes in this haven't tipped you off). The emotion won't need subtitles to pierce the screen. The choice of scenery and colours, the imagery, but mostly, above everything, the plot really makes it worth seeing. I love the fact that this is the movie that represents Quebec's cinema on the international scene. I love that it is a play that drives you deep into the middle-eastern world without exploiting the terrorism issues in a mediocre way. I love the fact that it isn't set anywhere particularly. I learn from the reviews that Mouawad was inspired by the Lebannon conflict, but it doesn't change the fact that it's not about the country or the nation but about humans.