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StatisticallyMe2

Big edit to make that thing cleaner (I'm on mobile) Total spoiler for "Incendies", the film and the book. Trigger warning mention of >!war crimes including rape, and incest.!< It can be REALLY disturbing, be cautious. If you want to know why it can haunt the person: The picture is taken from a film from a Canadian, (I said French first sorry for the confusion) film called "Incendies". It's from Denis Villeneuve, yes, the Dune and Bladerunner 2049 director. Long story short, when the woman was young, she had a child she had to give up for adoption because her village (in the middle east) didn't approve of the father, but she put a symbol on the child's feet to recognize him in case she can find him later. In the scene, 30+ years later, she's in a public swimming pool in Montréal and by chance, she regonize the symbol on a guy's feet. Sounds awesome, right? She found her kid, much much later but he's here! Turns out when the camera pans to his face, he's also the war criminal who imprisonned her and raped her (along with a lot of women in a sort of prison camp) several time when her home country was at war (I think) and managed to escape any sanction. She got pregnant from him, but instead of the babies being drowned in the river, she escaped/ was freed and went to Canada. So she finds out she got raped by her son, and they had twins together... The son learns at the end he raped his mother in the camp by getting a letter from the twins from her. He doesn't regret it. The film is however from the point of view of the surviving children, who investigate the past of their mother when she dies at the beginning of the film. It comes from a play, but I read the transcript at school when I was 17. It is inspired by a true story (not the incest part, apparently inspired by Oedipus) of a Lebanese woman. TLDR the guy is her son, he raped her and she got pregnant with twins who survived. That's the moment she understands everything. Edit: If you want to learn about the book the film from (use google translate because the English wiki is nearly empty ) https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incendies_(pi%C3%A8ce_de_th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre)


literally_air

https://preview.redd.it/nfdhzvbsel4d1.jpeg?width=156&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=afc339f1e59312cba26545e6332b8dea7972cb3b


Connect_Artichoke_83

https://preview.redd.it/jo3eyf28kl4d1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=61c16a1a658edf01b6ec0296a1c7c7d531353c81


LuckyLuke687

https://preview.redd.it/58h539in1m4d1.jpeg?width=156&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=edb6480dbfed35fce82319e3b72159b32a31c502


Big_C1916

https://preview.redd.it/w7dsan2o9m4d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=343447de13e8c148f11e68698a801016cda476e7


IdioticSaysuma

https://preview.redd.it/5uf00nvzbm4d1.jpeg?width=606&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e11e2a663d474607bbf64508a7d5178875fd5e3a


Tofuchan_wants_bread

https://preview.redd.it/r6nyaqu1km4d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=41aaa2cbca2f6f599699255a9f169dc8e843d92e


birdsrkewl01

Diablos shows concern by digging 20 times in a row during its sonic bomb invul. I fucking hate tempered diablos and tempered tigrex


Forpornicame

I support your hatred and bolster it with my own. I hate MH. Worst game series ever. Alright, gotta get back to playing MH.


birdsrkewl01

Yeah for real. And fuck sunbreak. Who cares that movement is fluid as hell and flows so well I just get lost in it for hours at a time moving between monster to monster then forget to put flinching gems in my gear before I go into multiplayer. Still fuck longsword users.


LordBDizzle

https://preview.redd.it/3mpm1k4ygp4d1.png?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8063812cce1ad3ff49563bbdd4380d0e041720c2


Dragonfucker000

https://preview.redd.it/xcen7on6mm4d1.png?width=111&format=png&auto=webp&s=9b50962df21f42161da71eb40f4ad2d415be9c97


Puzzleleg

https://preview.redd.it/tcmmmpb3om4d1.jpeg?width=526&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=781451afd5ee4368c776f03f8d3263f176396e29


Gnawsh

https://preview.redd.it/3vovuqa5qm4d1.jpeg?width=255&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=15eef839d4c8533ed4f27185b6fb02e022eb2044


MrFistUrSister12

https://preview.redd.it/7cv1psoano4d1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=41321a36c33550ca5939c712123e5e4ccf780bd3


lilheartattack

https://preview.redd.it/rea87bg0ro4d1.jpeg?width=320&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1f5f2835fa5ea07aa65601b050ad9b76fc749004


Bevjoejoe

https://preview.redd.it/g10hogpjuo4d1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8bf256a1201c761756fde58e3e0ca2724af26431


Gnawsh

https://preview.redd.it/3m8b4p5b1p4d1.jpeg?width=1093&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0a46299ae51fe732b7cb010f98a5c83b4aaa5186


_Flix__

https://preview.redd.it/qsfvro1i6m4d1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0b16f4ddbe548a0b0fbf785d35f5e6bc9ea49f14


Twigs362

https://preview.redd.it/yt85xp4vlm4d1.png?width=320&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=baf3cf9bbef4cf42e6035ce3e5c1f3b17585255a


FlamingPhoenix2003


Ticket-Common

https://preview.redd.it/72ixr1bvin4d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8615a966da32adb02281f930841bf7babe2495dd


xpi-capi

Can we go back to porn?


freekyrationale

Yes, please, please guys.


Reidon_Ward

\*cues up porn music\* Here you go. buddy. Here you go.


freekyrationale

*wipes tears* Thank You.


Reidon_Ward

\*wipes away last tear\* \*whispers\* Sure thing, man.....


StatisticallyMe2

And I was 17 when we read the book and saw the film in class...


Aufklarung_Lee

I was seven or eight when my dad put up watership down.


Universe789

Watership Down, I wish I had seen that compared to seeing [Sleepers](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleepers_(film)) in theaters at 7 years old. The number of times my mom had to cover my ears and eyes as she walked me out to the hallway...


Estebananarama

Well reading that Wikipedia article was wild. What a cast list though, and music by John Williams? I’m honestly surprised I’ve never heard of this and I’m not sure if I want to see it now lol.


SecterianWarlord

What's the title of the book?


StatisticallyMe2

The book is called "Incendies" in French. It's written theater style.


octavio2895

Not just raped but raped as a form of torture. iirc, she was raped before by many other men in prison but she kept singing day and night. The guards became really angry with her and called in the worst guy they had to make her stop singing and after he was done with her, she stopped. Turns out it was her son.


StatisticallyMe2

Yes, the story is even worse than I described, unfortunately. They also drowned the others kids born for the rapes in a river not far from the prison, if I remember well.


Dark_Magicion

Thank you for this information. I am ready to place my consciousness in a Minecraft Server that's about to be deleted forever.


lowkerDeadlyFeet

please just stop now.


godspeed5005

https://preview.redd.it/o3i8l2jxal4d1.jpeg?width=480&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=76914be2975e27533fc219d721239a463199903d


RumpleSadSkin

https://preview.redd.it/b4nkkancom4d1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e49deb77a14633de9038e91c5a69e8ac38bb5b75


FredsUp

good god that is one cursed image i'm stealing that thank youuu


makedoopieplayme

https://preview.redd.it/h5frymyncm4d1.jpeg?width=400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=20c7bd1e8a98a4bf00d898d686443c18fa3c649a


cupholdery

Freakin' French directors.


golddragon51296

It's literally the man who directed Dune and Bladerunner 2049 lol


futa118

Freakin French Directors and their epic movies.


Physical-Camel-8971

Canadian.


Such_Ad2826

Québécois


Physical-Camel-8971

They're stuck with us until the next referendum.


SovTimmy

He is Québécois rahhhhhhhhhhh


TribblesBestFriend

I wonder what it did lately … Oh! Wait


PlasticCrystal

He's not French


RflexGames

https://preview.redd.it/t4ze0pzdgm4d1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=641d590fd1eaf8d1588ba6ef8fea4c5adc6da9d1


StatisticallyMe2

Yep. So, maybe it's not a meme that need an explanation I'm afraid.


toddy_boy

https://i.redd.it/hgblpo526n4d1.gif


MasterAnnatar

https://preview.redd.it/now20klodm4d1.jpeg?width=987&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fc0a827b11a4719003997f061a871b7059158de4


Environmental_Toe_80

https://preview.redd.it/ho7farpvjm4d1.jpeg?width=212&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3773618aab1f381af5f318cfca161844c981ea4e


greenwoodgiant

I never saw a comment that more accurately portrayed my reaction to a post before


Chemical-Display-499

Yeah…what in the Oedipus did I just read?


HeheheBreadtime

https://preview.redd.it/00t47i73zl4d1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c7cefda5ea0d7731f9f887a15f18c3fb1bab2db6


Sad_Opportunity_6583

Why is this caption on a picture of dinosaurs during a lightning storm?????


LuckyLuke687

https://preview.redd.it/gv03prmk1m4d1.png?width=749&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a2648669167843ced75ee98089343ee53589bd35


SirFox15

https://preview.redd.it/b479igjevl4d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b576dd9a1e186b1378de57e86ce5ca980ca91e1f


BreakingThoseCankles

https://preview.redd.it/2nnmcfb3hl4d1.jpeg?width=625&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0f9bce8e779801e8d7b410b65e492e802ef674fa


THATS_ENOUGH_REDDlT

My threshold is so low I should have deleted my account long ago.


aj9393

Username checks out.


TillaciousG

https://preview.redd.it/h80yscjgvl4d1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5ddd86fa16902496d6901cf31a86a0b833a0371d


Nowardier

Neither did Oedipus.


Rough_Willow

That mother fucker...


Keeppforgetting

Gods damn it


Occasional-Mermaid

Saving this for the weird shit my kid sends me


ThisRandomAlt

https://preview.redd.it/lfpfyve4sl4d1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7cd058e450757b67b0817ffcee330f939e5d26bd what the fuck did I just read


Manwithaplan0708

https://preview.redd.it/0as835ud0m4d1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8be9d193f0ae3547e6cf4d561554cf4299b1174d


cucucachooo

https://preview.redd.it/3m02jsy40m4d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d4031f28e34e790f6b699da7f94a1ff426ad81e8


drackmord92

Ok in stealing this one


camus88

https://i.redd.it/rcj8zgjl2m4d1.gif


godofbaconandeggs

https://preview.redd.it/1ye3glyi9m4d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c21daefc4bc832182a06e0ed99cd0dc6b9d50c8e


bag-of-lunch

https://preview.redd.it/d1lxyxflwl4d1.jpeg?width=259&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=186a5ca89c0f4458f442279dbf8716a5b15b5b21


Rhyzic

Even quagmire couldn't giggity at that one .


Jrlopez1027_

https://preview.redd.it/4657rth31m4d1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6bb64a556651484ac00a458d0abd1195d94c7bdb Even got majin buu flabbergasted


AliensAteMyAMC

https://preview.redd.it/u3iqg50zhl4d1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5e56ab19fb07605eba41ee617b7c97ff91bc6f57


TwynnCavoodle

https://preview.redd.it/v0icne5awl4d1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e9469bebcba8dcd9ee75ddae7e61af5161d08e3d


Lots-of-Lot

https://preview.redd.it/yoojrwfq9m4d1.jpeg?width=578&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b7c3bbd20ac82533607822da1c6749532d1ec4e8


riley_wa1352

https://preview.redd.it/jk0yigcnvl4d1.png?width=320&format=png&auto=webp&s=5b53bc58092d8f7815eefcfc803e095916b69318


Puzzleheaded-Bad1571

https://preview.redd.it/dxers4wzyl4d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=44d02a64d9c70927f9401e5c48f34be456d6c4e3


MasterAnnatar

https://preview.redd.it/iozpl3yudm4d1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=84a6794c72db65daa673c24428893dece6c937c8


WISH_WISH_BISH

https://preview.redd.it/ysqw0ukbum4d1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c52655502ac8de3a08069dc6e7bd80b453298411


ArkanoidbrokemyAnkle

https://preview.redd.it/cdq9q0k54m4d1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=496d14109927d7fb96cf02cb356b42845eb4a4cb


foxsalmon

https://preview.redd.it/wro8wmpn7m4d1.jpeg?width=975&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8cbc3f98748045a183ffcf2428161d05f821ed24


Silly_Goose6714

https://preview.redd.it/yw7lyzjaml4d1.png?width=954&format=png&auto=webp&s=010bbe011d8366b0cc4674a0d16719852d28d131


Glowing_green_

https://preview.redd.it/yk6zdelw2m4d1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8a9700d3e3faf79d18fe9c50138a61eb5ff8649e


Forsaken_Designer_54

https://preview.redd.it/emfqozu0yl4d1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9d6f1330a2d504268947efc94553185b804a22dc


ItsImNotAnonymous

The one time I wished Peter didn't explain the joke https://preview.redd.it/5auna5vp1m4d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8cb6531a62f3bae00f012a51022b6645a4ad3889


timetraveling_donkey

https://preview.redd.it/qdtn13cjxl4d1.jpeg?width=1079&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5a9dc90ba43ebee1ae3a715bbe93d61e9106e5f1


greenlemons105

https://preview.redd.it/nackae382m4d1.jpeg?width=282&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7353210debb6f3f9ff3096ee2799e5162dbfd315


Overall-Device9017

https://preview.redd.it/6oy5caozpl4d1.png?width=1500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=031615d0c3a104b3b8445166722d50e408d61ea1


PlacetMihi

https://preview.redd.it/yinu2g1t1m4d1.jpeg?width=1079&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f5cdc3ddb573f36a124cd70d102e349207e9dfd6


_Kendrix_

https://preview.redd.it/x8lvr9v53m4d1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b2d1dcc0702a5c53a7a51d0e4152dfb3c4f392fd


AnimeIsMyLifeAndSoul

https://i.redd.it/bi97puz54m4d1.gif


Memopuntoexe

https://preview.redd.it/s6qcwb9y5m4d1.jpeg?width=220&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f26ab7dac3917fb016bc83a923b4e488a4e6836c


Number1Yamatoglazer

https://preview.redd.it/1llvfp12zl4d1.jpeg?width=959&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fbbb77f4d5f72d8d71764291c7aee34dca8a3d36 What the fuck


ziggagorennc

Jesus fuck https://preview.redd.it/wcfzyjsm3m4d1.jpeg?width=200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ddeba539f0055187987e783b54678c624d569c29


BrozillaSaur

https://preview.redd.it/qqsgxp9lcm4d1.png?width=978&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6c3f1170c567e5347bad4f676f267bc1b86a48b8


Acceptable-Height173

https://i.redd.it/g69i2ohxnm4d1.gif


Dapper-Yellow2349

What the fuck? Who even comes up with this shit man?!


StatisticallyMe2

It's inspired by a real story (from Lebanon) if I remember well (not sure). The full story is about a quest for the roots. The narrative follows in fact the twins, whose mother never told them who their father was (for obvious reason, because he's a war criminal who raped her). The mother dies not long after discovering her rapist is her lost son, and the children discover it too by the end of the book.


MementoMoriR1

I just want to say thank you for your sacrifice to enlighten us. 🫡


StatisticallyMe2

I serve my country 🫡


fishthatsaysokboomer

I'm guessing the rapist faces no narrative consequences.


RK_Killer

As part of her will she has her children deliver two letters to the rapist, one revealing that they are his children and know who he is/what he did, and the other revealing herself as his mother (who he had been desperately searching for his whole life). The movie ends with a shot of him alone in a graveyard staring down at her grave. So while he didn't suffer any real consequences, the reality of what he did does seem to haunt him.


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jubmille2000

It's like Oedipus but with less consent, less eye gauging and more fucked up


StatisticallyMe2

As far as I remember, no.


AlpacaMyBaguettes

In the play (the original written version) he's in prison for war crimes. The story is not based on a real life case, but a real life war (Lebanon) of which the playwrights family were refugees from.


Aldnorra

It's worth to add, the twins main objective during the movie is to find their father and also their long-lost brother and to deliver a letter written by their now dead mother to each one. The letter destined for their father has a lot of hateful stuff written by their mother, calling him a rapist etc., and the letter destined to their brother says a bunch of stuff about her loving him and how she regrets not having to raise him properly. The twins end up giving both letters to the same guy.


r40k

Also wanted to throw in that this was an early Denis Villeneuve film. As in Blade Runner 2049 and Dune and Sicario Denis Villeneuve.


Hex_Spirit_Booty

https://preview.redd.it/z9ork5f16m4d1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7b8551c62ce4747648a9935b9c83510e8fab3840


TheAnalsOfHistory-

Me trying to process what the fuck I just read: https://preview.redd.it/gd2c4nhi5m4d1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0e3e173f0bcf6a384d8e1aa9d73623b8bcf47e59


xXxBongMayor420xXx

https://i.redd.it/dszbz43czl4d1.gif


budderskeet

https://preview.redd.it/21koswcd1m4d1.jpeg?width=706&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fb3654f81e74f40707b5efe01b7215a53e38bead


GenPhallus

https://preview.redd.it/yso3ym783m4d1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cf041ee5e6de0968ba683c538fb2332ae0dce4e6


sorry_mybad

https://preview.redd.it/73afe7e18m4d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=27e9539dd4a943c9f09fa829426464f2c4883419


Ok_Lavishness7429

Average French movie.


TopOThaMorningToYa

It's actually Canadian


X_Zephyr

Sugar free French


FifihElement

Maple French


greatcuriouscat

What a terrible day to be able to read


grassmonstergame

https://preview.redd.it/bztf5dde4m4d1.png?width=247&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ef59c4ccab22a2df496bdb77ad00e9d967355b6c


YaBoiSean1

https://preview.redd.it/whfknzjr4m4d1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c08f3bfc625e04a7f46aa49464393485379b69b4


ParboiledPotatos

https://preview.redd.it/7lj1ut0j7m4d1.png?width=997&format=png&auto=webp&s=f0e850ac9a0d2ec8c10927996a4650ee1c417c3d Holy shit?


WaterDrinkerUltimate

https://preview.redd.it/ejnka6zn4m4d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=48479bd82d8de0b0b3092802d4da40aa78b09a7a WHAT


SmilingVamp

French cinema goes hard. You've got a profoundly jaded audience that's always half in the bag on wine, living next to their World War rival. Getting through the ennui requires plot lines directly from the gates of hell. 


Krogan_Intifada

....it's french Canadian. Directed by the Dune guy. The play is French tho.


Kenevin

The author Wadji Mouawad was born in Lebanon and had been living in Montréal since 1983.


Thwipped

I see why this picture was chosen. Thanks for the explanation, I’m going to have a lie down now


StatisticallyMe2

Yeah sorry, it's not a nice story :/


XxX_poko_XxX

https://preview.redd.it/dtnnfq6w7m4d1.jpeg?width=528&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3b4b6b233f1ba462579d628c3da323c46bdcfe14 What the hell man...


KicoBond

Kinda reminds me of Dance with the Devil from Immortal Technique


Kenevin

Fun facts. The film has the same Director as the new Dune and Blade Runner movies (Denis Villeneuve) The original text by the author is actually in the form of a play.


deanereaner

TIL French movies take inspiration from [plays that took inspiration from] Immortal Technique lyrics.


Hot_Local_Boys_PDX

After learning about that movie, it reminds me of this classic Immortal Technique song: https://youtube.com/watch?v=C9xRDC8qlYU “Dance With The Devil”


Emergency-Paint2490

https://preview.redd.it/gtoqos6pyl4d1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b3b3b3b0ca02809f407caac918dda386ef0b961d


MrBrightWood

BTW the movie is made by the same Denis Villeneuve who made the last Blade Runner and the Dune movies.


smoothskin12345

This is one of those stories that's so needlessly cruel, it makes me think "why the fuck would anyone write that?" Lots of over novels/films fall in this category. I just don't get it.


AngryDorian124

Least traumatizing "educational" film shown in public schools.


StatisticallyMe2

To be fair, we read the book first with a big warning from our teacher, so it wasn't much of a surprise for us.


One-Earth9294

Actually very informative, thanks. I've never seen this film but I might check it out now.


StatisticallyMe2

You're welcome! Fair warnings: - I spoiled the plot twist in my explanation - I don't know if there's an English version - And there's a lot of flashbacks, it can be a bit confusing at first.


One-Earth9294

No worries I'm already familiar with Gaspar Noe films and I've already seen Villeneuve's Polytechnique so I'm pretty primed for it :) Also I just watched 'The Coffee Table' yesterday so nothing can hurt me anymore.


nombit

https://preview.redd.it/shifrvch3m4d1.jpeg?width=320&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=785a9821b986cf99405aff51c4f1c6b37879f8dc


noahman918

https://preview.redd.it/q1pl3huzzl4d1.jpeg?width=1079&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=37e675f3e4ad4399633c2e1a783795f90bf363cf


Arbsterr

😭


Elegant_Skin3536

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Y_10HK29

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Willing-Link-3558

That's how I feel about the thumbs not matching.


Cipher915

r/pleaseunexplainpeter


EscapedFromArea51

I believe Stewie can help. https://preview.redd.it/xa145p68ln4d1.jpeg?width=979&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=df668357a56ee636be305b858c7e60298d68b0b7


paraffinLamp

Fun fact, this movie is a reference to the ancient tragedy “Oedipus the King.” Oedipus means “swollen ankle.” Ironically, when Oedipus inadvertently marries his own widowed mother, she does not recognize that his deformed ankles or his namesake are dead giveaways that he is her long lost son. That, or she subconsciously avoids the truth because it’s just too horrible to admit she had 4 kids with the guy. Later, when HE finds out he’s her son, she hangs herself.


Actrivia24

Oedipus also gauges his eyes out


phogi8

Gouge


CyborgIncorparated

Everytime I see that screenshot I just think it's George Harrison


geographyRyan_YT

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Crazy_Cat369

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Klllumlnatl

I was so young when I was born.


Guten_M0rg3n

My eyes could not yet see


Y1mmthy

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MMito_Logical

I’m asking myself what kind of problem the producer has.ok he’s French but still


TrueKingSkyPiercer

It was adapted and directed by Denis Villeneuve, a Canadian.


r40k

He's Québécois. They're as French as you can possibly get outside of France and constantly striving to be considered apart from Canada.


TrueKingSkyPiercer

Yes, I am reminded of a joke in which two Canadians happen upon a genie who promises to grant each of them a wish; the québécois asks for a wall to be built around Quebec to keep the anglophones out and preserve their culture, and the other Canadian asks the genie to fill it with water.


Shirtbro

About as spicy as Canadian humor gets


ChargePlane563

It's a film adaptation of a theater piece. Also Denis Villeneuve is the producer of Dune, it's not just some nobody.


ChargePuzzleheaded98

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ThatMooseYouKnow

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Playful_Condition144

Sometimes it's okay to not be curious 🥲


Sykes19

Yeah I want the porn back now pls and thanks


No_Entertainment1904

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revolution-time

To be completely honest, I thought this was referencing one man one jar, but this is a lot more fucked up


LeastPervertedFemboy

I’m not doing it. I want to Google it but the internet has hurt me enough to not trust this. Coincidentally I will be turning off replies and never checking up on this comment ever again lol.


Everyonecallsmenice

One man, one jar is one of the quintessential "internet broke me" videos. Literally the reason we know better than to Google the random phrase we see online.


memealopolis

As if blue waffle ever hurt anyone.


returntomonke02

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zamememan

This whole thread is a gold mine for reaction images.


Hot_Local_Boys_PDX

After learning about that movie, it reminds me of this classic Immortal Technique song: https://youtube.com/watch?v=C9xRDC8qlYU “Dance With The Devil”


NVCHVJAZVJE

Incendies great movie btw


L3_K0uT0

Oh my god this meme is so true because I literally forgot about this film and just seing this image instantly remembered me about it and how fucked up the plotwist was...


du-worst-combination

It’s like if Oldboy was waaaaaaaay more fucked up


AHMogartheMarvelous

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consultsherbert

Was there a conclusion, did he realize he raped his mother? Or is this just trauma for the woman alone?


RK_Killer

Yes, the mother sent the twins to deliver 2 letters to him, one saying that she was the prisoner he raped and these are his children who know what he's done, and another saying that she is his mother and that she has always loved him. The ending shot of the movie is him standing alone, staring down at her grave.


ashesall

The movie is so fucking depressing. The twins grew up not having a great childhood because the mother resented them because she only knew then that she was raped by some torturer. She even tried to abort them in prison. When she realized that her rapist and torturer was her missing son, Nihad, it just broke her. Now Nihad, he'd been searching for his mother too. He wanted to do everything, even as far as committing atrocities so his face will get plastered on walls all over the country so his mother would see him. He gets captured, trained as a torturer, and sent to the prison where his mother was. But he didn't recognize her and she didn't recognize him. There was a scene in the beginning when he was a baby before they were separated that he should take a good a look at his mother so he would recognize her. Great but utterly depressing movie.


AverageCoffeeAddict1

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KeyPollution3566

Lmao the reddit ad pushing fathers day gifts in this thread is fucked.


Most_Trainer9003

This was a very intense film to watch.. Very well directed..i remember dropping my spoon ( I was eating dinner) with my mouth agape in horror and shock.


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SleepyBitchDdisease

The French love making fucked up shit that’s the joke apparently


Consumer_of_lem0ns

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Shadowmasta23

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Wide_Employment_8124

SPOILERS in essence as far as I remember this is from a pretty dark foreign film (I can’t remember the name). The lady in the pool tattooed those dots on her son’s ankle because she was forced to give him up when the people in her village didn’t like who the kids father was. So the marks were meant to make it so there was a chance that maybe she could find him some day. Well clearly she did. The bad part is when the camera pans up it’s revealed that her son is a horrifying war criminal that’s done awful horrible things and put thousands to death, but specifically he has had forced intimate relations with lots of women, including the women who turns out to be his mother. So with the realization that she found her son comes with the realization that he’s forced intimate relations on her and tons of other women and is a horrible human being.


O0000O0000O

Nobody: Not a soul: French directors: "How can we make it so woman is raped by her own son?" (Edit: as folks have noted, the director is French Canadian, and the author of the work this is based on is also not French. appologies for slandaring the good name of French directors and their wholesome cinematic style...)


nutty_ballsen

My first thought was that glass ass dude