🎬 Comedy, Drama

The Barbarian Invasions

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

⭐ 7.1/10 2003 1h 39m Dir. Denys Arcand
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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.

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7.1/10 405 votes

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Year
2003
Runtime
1h 39m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 7.1/10
Votes
405
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Director
Language
FR
Budget
$8.0M

Cast

🎭 Comedy 🎭 Drama 🎬 Denys Arcand 👤 Rémy Girard 👤 Stéphane Rousseau 👤 Marie-Josée Croze
dying and death parent child relationship yuppie professor socialism friends money cancer university illness dying family conflict

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The Barbarian Invasions has a runtime of 1h 39m (1 hour and 39 minutes).
The Barbarian Invasions was directed by Denys Arcand and released in 2003.
The Barbarian Invasions is a Comedy, Drama film (2003).
The cast of The Barbarian Invasions includes Rémy Girard, Stéphane Rousseau, Marie-Josée Croze, Dorothée Berryman, Louise Portal.
The Barbarian Invasions has a TMDB rating of 7.1/10 based on 405 votes.

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