Incendies (2010)

To fulfill their mother’s last wish, adult twins Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin and Maxim Gaudette are sent on a journey to her homeland, an unnamed Middle Eastern country, in search of their long lost brother and father. Denis Villeneuve is a director I keep my eyes out for because of his gorgeous visuals and complex storytelling and this film does indeed deliver on both of those fronts. The weaving of the past and present lead to an unsurprising ending, but the journey to get there is riveting and emotional.   

Oscar Nomination: Best Foreign Language Film of the Year