| Hosted by | Yale Film Archive |
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| Details | INCENDIES (Denis Villeneuve, 2010, 35mm, 131 mins) POEN (Josef Reeve, 1967, DCP, 4 mins) POEN inaugurates our “O Canada” series with a prose-poem incantation from Leonard Cohen. In INCENDIES, twins follow their deceased mother’s final commands and leave Quebec for an unnamed country in the Levant to track down the father and brother they never knew. Villeneuve’s first Oscar-nominated film is a “gripping, era-jumping drama about a family melded to its war-torn past” (Chris Vognar). In French and Arabic with English subtitles. 35mm print from the Yale Film Archive, DCP from the National Film Board of Canada. The “O Canada” film series presents a selection of features and shorts from the True North strong and free. |
| Admission | FREE |
| Location | Yale Humanities Quadrangle, Lower Level |
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| More Info | info link |