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Incendiary (2008)

R  96 min  -  Drama | Romance | Thriller   -  24 October 2008 (UK)
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An adulterous woman's life is torn apart when her husband and infant son are killed in a suicide bombing at a soccer match.

Director:

Sharon Maguire

Writers:

Chris Cleave (novel), Sharon Maguire
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michelle Williams ...
Ewan McGregor ...
Jasper Black
Matthew Macfadyen ...
Terrence Butcher
Nicholas Gleaves ...
Lenny
Sidney Johnston ...
The Boy
Usman Khokhar Usman Khokhar ...
The Bomber's Son
Sasha Behar Sasha Behar ...
The Bomber's Wife
Ed Hughes Ed Hughes ...
Danny Walsh (as Edward Hughes)
Alibe Parsons Alibe Parsons ...
Pearl
Stewart Wright Stewart Wright ...
Charlie
Al Ashton Al Ashton ...
Male Survivor (as Al Hunter Ashton)
Benjamin Wilkin Benjamin Wilkin ...
Young Policeman
Robin Berry Robin Berry ...
Mercy Ojelade Mercy Ojelade ...
Nurse Mena
Joe Marshall Joe Marshall ...
Gary / VT Man
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Storyline

Grief, guilt, and betrayal. In North London, a young mother dotes on her four-year-old son and lives in a modest flat with her husband, a cop in the bomb squad. The Arsenal football team is their religion. On May Day, a major terrorist attack brings tragedy while she is in the arms of a rich reporter who lives over the road. She wishes she were dead. In grief and guilt, she pursues revenge, faces betrayal, experiences delusions, and may be suicidal. Two men seek her affection: the reporter and a colleague of her husband's who imagines caravan camping with her on a beach. In London, the city of the Great Fire and of Hitler's bombardment, is there any way back to life for her? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>  

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Plot Keywords:

Grief | Guilt | May Day | Terrorist Attack | Beach  | See more »

Taglines:

The truth can blow you apart.

Genres:

Drama | Romance | Thriller

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for a strong sex scene and brief language See all certifications »

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Incendiário See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$30,173 (UK) (24 October 2008) (16 Screens)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color  | Black and White (archive footage)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

Natalie Dormer filmed two days, playing the role of Ewan McGregor's girlfriend, but her role ended up on the cutting room floor. Nevertheless, she called it a "great experience". See more »

Goofs

Continuity: In the scene where her husband's boss is taking her to the memorial for the dead, her facial cuts are quite healed and well into the scarring stage. But a few minutes later in the scene where she's watching home movies, her facial cuts appear to be freshly scabbed over and quite irritated around the edges. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
The Boy: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, Go...
The Boy: Mummy you blinked, I won.
Young Mother: Yes you did. Now in you get. Tomorrow we're going to the sea-side.
Young Mother: [narration - boy running on the beach] So, if I'm going to show you my life, better start here. My boy, in Camber Sands. Why this and why now? I'll come back to that.
The Boy: Mummy!
Young Mother: [narration] A force of nature was what the midwife called him when he came howling into this world four years ago. And he hasn't stopped since.
The Boy: Mummy!
Young Mother: [narration] Me and him spend a lot of time together on account his Dad is a right miserable bugger. To be fair, he wasn't always miserable. Or maybe he was and I just didn't see it. I wouldn't be the first one in my family to have her knickers charmed off her by some fellow in the Army. Any way, for better or worse, I got my boy and he got me.
The Boy: [dangling a sand worm] Mummy! Mummy!
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Connections

Features "Top Gear" (2002) See more »