Symbolism and realism go hand in hand

Gabrielle 2022-03-22 09:01:42

Mothers who escaped from religion and war leave their unmarried sons behind, and continue to be drawn into conflict in the revolt. In prison, he met his son whom he had never met, but his son went astray due to the influence of the war and the loss of his parents. He raped his mother as an executioner and gave birth to twin children. The mother who has experienced everything finally resolves the conflict of family ethics with honesty, tolerance and love. The director also uses the mother's mouth to tell the truth and future of the conflict.
As the clues and protagonists of the story, women always have the ability and responsibility to protect the world and save the world, and also have the role of being hurt and gaining sympathy. Objectively speaking, the incest of the story cannot be understood or even resolved by the Chinese. So I guess it's a bit more abstract and symbolic. Because we will naturally think about the life after the movie, the movie is limited, life continues, and life will not come to a conclusion because of a letter from the protagonist, the pain in it is hard to ignore, and it is a lifetime event.
The protagonist is both a mother and a son. Where there is redemption, there is the object of redemption. The son suffered from war, lost his parents, and his life trajectory was twisted. From good to evil, from the powerful core members to ordinary laborers, from executioners to victims. These conflicts exemplify the helplessness and complexity of the peoples of the Middle East and the impact of war migration in developed countries. The mother, on the other hand, is limited to resistance, from frail to strong, from hard to soft, from hate to love, and is more complete and rational.
And two letters, one to the executioner and one to the son; the two combined into one, the refugees who took revenge on each other in the war. At the same time, these two letters are not allowed to be opened in advance, because only by doing it all over again, can you feel and understand the mother's experiences and choices, and only then can you forgive yourself and find a way out. The letter is for Deniha, and the journey is for the twins. That's two answers, one explanation, and that's tolerance, forgiveness, and love.

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Extended Reading
  • Elliot 2022-03-24 09:01:44

    Near the end, the exclamations and sobbing that followed in the big theater proved that 120 minutes were not in vain, proved the greatness of this movie, proved the rich value of the Lebanese civil war theme, and proved that in "And" Beyond the formalisms of Bashir's Waltz and Lebanon, content and storytelling will always be paramount.

  • Layla 2021-11-28 08:01:20

    The city of scorched earth, love is like incest, from Canada to the Middle East, the 72nd prisoner, the singing woman, the child of the executioner, the executioner who lost his mother, the executioner who raped his mother but didn't realize it, and gave birth to the flesh and blood of the eldest son. Mother, when the truth comes to light, anger is still there, love or love...too abuse, Dennis Villeneuve has first-rate control, maybe this is his best film, after being completely Hollywoodized, it was commercialized Invasion, many things disappeared.

Incendies quotes

  • Notary Jean Lebel: Will of Mrs. Nawal Marwan... To Notary Jean Lebel: Bury me with no casket, no prayers, naked, face down, away from the world. Stone and epitaph. I want no gravestone, nor my name engraved anywhere. No epitaph for those who don't keep their promises. To Jeanne and Simon: Childhood is a knife stuck in your throat. It can't be easily removed. Jeanne, Mr Lebel will give you an envelope. The envelope is for your father. Find him, and give it to him. Simon, the notary will give you an envelope... The envelope is for your brother. Find him, and give him the envelope. When the envelopes have been delivered you will be given a letter. The silence will be broken, a promise kept, and you can place a stone on my grave and on it engrave my name in the sun.

  • Notary Jean Lebel: Death is never the end of the story. It always leaves tracks.