The Barbarian Invasions
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2003-09-24
Runtime: 99 mins
Director: Denys Arcand
Spoken language: English, Français
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Original title: The Barbarian Invasions
Production Companies: Pyramide Productions, Cinémaginaire
Production Countries: Canada, France
Cast
Rémy Girard
Stéphane Rousseau
Marie-Josée Croze
Dorothée Berryman
Louise Portal
Dominique Michel
Pierre Curzi
Yves Jacques
Marina Hands
Sophie Lorain
Johanne-Marie Tremblay
Mitsou Gélinas
Isabelle Blais
Markita Boies
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