The Barbarian Invasions (2003)

  • NR
  • 11/21/2003 (US)
  • Comedy, Drama
  • 1h 39m

A comedy about sex, friendship, and all other things that invade our lives.

Overview

In this belated sequel to 'The Decline of the American Empire', middle-aged Montreal college professor, Remy, learns that he is dying of liver cancer. His ex-wife, Louise, asks their estranged son, Sebastian, a successful businessman living in London, to come home. Sebastian makes the impossible happen, using his contacts and disrupting the Canadian healthcare system in every way possible to help his father fight his terminal illness to the bitter end, while reuniting some of Remy's old friends, including Pierre, Alain, Dominique, Diane, and Claude, who return to see their friend before he passes on.

Denys Arcand

Director, Screenplay

Cast

Rémy Girard's headshot

Rémy Girard

Rémy
Stéphane Rousseau's headshot

Stéphane Rousseau

Sébastien
Marie-Josée Croze's headshot

Marie-Josée Croze

Nathalie
Dorothée Berryman's headshot

Dorothée Berryman

Louise
Louise Portal's headshot

Louise Portal

Diane
Dominique Michel's headshot

Dominique Michel

Dominique
Pierre Curzi's headshot

Pierre Curzi

Pierre
Yves Jacques's headshot

Yves Jacques

Claude

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