
The Barbarian Invasions (2003)
Original Title: Les Invasions barbares
Comedy
Drama
7.1 (376 votes)
1h 39m
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.
Details
- Director
- Denys Arcand
- Writer
- Denys Arcand
- Original Language
- French
- Budget
- $8,000,000
Cast
Dominique Michel
Dorothée Berryman
Louise Portal
Marie-Josée Croze
Marina Hands
Pierre Curzi
Rémy Girard
Sophie Lorain
Stéphane Rousseau
Yves Jacques
Keywords
cancer
dying
dying and death
family conflict
friends
illness
money
parent child relationship
professor
socialism
university
yuppie
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