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The Barbarian Invasions

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

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  • Drama
  • Comedy

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.

Keywords

  • parent child relationship
  • money
  • dying and death
  • professor
  • friends
  • university
  • cancer
  • family conflict
  • illness
  • dying
  • socialism
  • yuppie

Details

Status
Released
Release date
May 1, 2003
Original language
French
Spoken languages
English, French
Countries
Canada, France
Director
Denys Arcand
Cinematography
Guy Dufaux
Budget
$8,000,000
Revenue
$34,883,010
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