Just sort out the timeline of several major events. This is also the shortcoming of the movie.

Emmanuel 2021-11-28 08:01:20

Let me talk about the shortcomings of the movie first, it lies in the makeup of two important actors Nawal (female lead) and Nihad/Abu Tariq. The time span of these two people's appearances is actually very large, but the appearance of them has not changed much, resulting in serious dramas.

The heroine Nawal was born in 1949 (according to the epitaph)

Nihad was born and sent to the orphanage in 1970, when she was 21 years old

The assassination of the leader of the Christian militia took place in the late 1970s, and she spent more than 10 years in prison.

According to the memories of Muslim warlords, Nihad became a sniper, then ran away, and was then captured during the "enemy invasion". Note that the enemy here refers to the Israeli invasion in 1982. Nihad was only 12 years old at that time! ! ! Then he became the prison guard Abu Tariq.

It was probably in the mid to late 1980s when Abu Tariq and Nawal met. Because the elder sister of the twins was a university assistant in 2009 and should be in her 20s. Assuming she was only 23 years old at this time, she was born in 1986. So when Abu Tariq raped Nawal, he was not more than 16 years old? ? ? ? Do you think this looks like a teenager in his 10s?

Abtarik before the rape

Nawal was in her 30s at this time, but she seemed to be like this when she first appeared at the age of 20.

Nawal just played, 20-21 years old

Before being raped in prison, over 36 years old

In 2009, the twins finally sent the letter to Abu Tariq (returned to the name Nihad). By this time, he should be 39 years old, and his appearance is basically the same as when he was 16 years old. Both mother and son have freezing age stunts.

39 years old

The narrative rhythm of the whole movie is very good, but the appearance of the actors is outrageous. Don’t you play a role that spans more than 20 years without much makeup?

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  • Ulises 2022-03-22 09:01:42

    [A-] I have always had a very complicated attitude towards Villeneuve's narrative style. You have to admit that his storytelling is very sophisticated, but it's hard to stand his long narrative rhythm. So in my impression he has always been a director who is both loved and hated and a little tricky. It was not until I watched this film that I realized that he could be so natural and speechless.

  • Ernestina 2022-03-23 09:01:48

    ✪93//Naval's understanding of love is de-systematized. For religious families, love between pagans is dirty; for nationalists, pagan refugees are dirt to be removed As for Naval, she cherishes life, believes in universal love, is not bound by the system of opinions, and believes that only destruction and killing are dirty, and as long as things are born out of love, they are pure. Navarre was almost numbly relieved by the pool. She regarded the child as the crystallization of love, and she could firmly believe that the child was born beautiful, and other filth caused by the conflict of the system could be forgiven; Breaking, between the disharmony between identity and environment, the conflict between clean and dirty, between love and hate, a state of mind that looks like helplessness and reconciliation unexpectedly appeared. Expose, and the opportunity for human emotion to enter into a state of peace is revealed.

Incendies quotes

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

  • Nawal Marwan: But I say your story begins with a promise, to break the chain of anger.