The second letter addresses him as the twins' brother, and is instead written with caring words, saying that he, as Nawal's son, is deserving of love.
These tasks take Jeanne on a quest to the Middle East to trace her mother's history, of which she knows little.
But Jeanne wants to respect her mother's final wishes, which means finding out who their real father is and who this unknown brother is.
One is determined to unearth the truth; the other is reluctant. Twins journey to the Middle East to discover their family history and fulfill their mother's last wishes. A mother's last wishes send twins Jeanne and Simon on a journey to the Middle East in search of their tangled roots. As Jeanne goes on her quest with what little information she has on hand, she finds a history filled with turmoil.
The story concerns Canadian twins who travel to their mother's native country in the While Nawal is at university in Daresh, a civil war and After travelling to her mother's native country, Jeanne gradually uncovers this past, and persuades Simon to join her. Suddenly, Jeanne is to hand-deliver a sealed letter to the father she never knew, somewhere in the Middle East; likewise, Simon has to give an equally important message to an unknown brother the twins didn't know they had. The will contains many unusual requests, the most unusual being two sealed envelopes, one to be delivered by each of the twins to their father and to their brother respectively. Will Jeanne and Simon honour her dying wish and shed light on Nawal Marwan's terrifying life? However, he said the Arab crew members felt "It’s important that those sorts of stories are on the screen".In Canada, the film passed the $1 million mark at the box office by October 2010.The film enjoyed a positive reception in its country and province.
But many who knew her mother or knew of her mother refuse to speak to Jeanne. The plot of "Incendies" is based on a play by Wajdi Mouawad, described as consisting of poetic monologues.
Kevin N. Laforest of the She feels disturbed with the revelations and asks Simon to come to the Middle East to assist her in her journey. Simon discovers who his father and his brother are and concludes that one plus one may be equal to one.Long-buried secrets are about to come to light, when the twin siblings, Jeanne and Simon, are called before a notary for the reading of their mother Nawal's will. 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.Canadian Nawal Marwan has just passed away.
Director Denis Villeneuve adapts Wajdi Mouawad's play concerning a pair of twins who make a life-altering discovery following the death of their mother. With Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette, Mustafa Kamel. Nawal requests to be buried naked with her face down and her tomb without a gravestone; further, she leaves three sealed envelopes addressed to the twins' father that they believed had died in the Middle East; to their unknown brother; and the last one to themselves to be opened only after the delivery of the other two. The screenplay by Villeneuve refashions the action in a way more suited to a film, where it is often better to show something than to evoke its mental image.
For the part of Nawal, Villeneuve said he conducted an extensive search for actresses across Canada.For the scenes filmed in Jordan, Villeneuve used a Lebanese and Iraqi crew, though he feared the war scenes would be too reminiscent of bad experiences for them.
Simon sees these requests as further indication that his mother was crazy and he will have no part of any of what he sees as her unusual final requests.