Incendiary is a 2008 British drama film portraying the aftermath of a terrorist attack at a football match. It is directed by Sharon Maguire and stars Michelle Williams as a young mother, Ewan McGregor as Jasper, and Matthew Macfadyen as Terrance. It is about an adulterous woman's life that is torn apart when her husband and four-year-old son are killed in a suicide bombing at an Arsenal F.C. match. It is based on the 2005 novel of the same name ...
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Incendiary is a 2008 British drama film portraying the aftermath of a terrorist attack at a football match. It is directed by Sharon Maguire and stars Michelle Williams as a young mother, Ewan McGregor as Jasper, and Matthew Macfadyen as Terrance. It is about an adulterous woman's life that is torn apart when her husband and four-year-old son are killed in a suicide bombing at an Arsenal F.C. match. It is based on the 2005 novel of the same name by Chris Cleave.
A young woman (Michelle Williams) is married with bomb-disposal officer Lenny (Nicholas Gleaves); they have a 4-year old son (Sidney Johnston).
While the young mother has sex with reporter Jasper (Ewan McGregor) a terrorist attack by six suicide bombers at a football match kills Lenny, the little boy and about 1000 others, on what becomes known as May Day. Jasper and Lenny's boss Terrance (Matthew Macfadyen), in charge of the anti-terrorist division, both try to comfort the mother; both are also romantically interested in her....
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