Invasion of the Barbarians
Original Title
Les Invasions Barbares- Director: Denys Arcand
- Writer: Denys Arcand
- Producer: Daniel Louis; Denise Robert
CGiii Comment
Scathing...the punches it throws are more bruising than anything delivered by a heavyweight.
No-one is spared...every institution gets a kicking: parenthood, marriage, fidelity, religion...
And yet, the humanity that Arcand displays is as touching as an abandoned child...
A wondrous film...deeply appreciated and respected, Monsieur Arcand.
The barbarians are us...
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
In this belated sequel to 'The Decline of the American Empire', 50-something Montreal college professor, Remy, learns that he is dying of liver cancer. He decides to make amends meet to his friends and family before he dies. He first tries to made peace with his ex-wife Louise, who 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 entire Canadian system in every way possible to help his father fight his terminal illness to the bitter end, while he also tries to reunite his former friends, Pierre, Alain, Dominique, Diane, and Claude to see their old friend before he passes on.
Cast & Characters
Remy Girard as Remy;
Stephane Rousseau as Sebastien;
Dorothee Berryman as Louise;
Louise Portal as Diane;
Dominique Michel as Dominique;
Yves Jacques as Claude;
Pierre Curzi as Pierre;
Marie-Josee Croze as Nathalie;
Marina Hands as Gaelle;
Toni Cecchinato as Alessandro;
Mitsou as Ghislaine;
Sophie Lorain as First Lover;
Johanne-Marie Tremblay as Sister Constance Lazure;
Denis Bouchard as Duhamel;
Micheline Lanctot as Nurse Carole