“A comedy about sex, friendship, and all other things that invade our lives.”
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.
Directed by Denys Arcand
Written by Denys Arcand
Produced by Daniel Louis, Denise Robert
Box OfficeBudget: $8.0MRevenue: $34.9M
About The Barbarian Invasions
The Barbarian Invasions is a comedy, drama film released in 2003 exploring themes of dying and death, parent child relationship, yuppie, professor, socialism, friends. Directed by Denys Arcand, it stars Rémy Girard, Stéphane Rousseau, Marie-Josée Croze. 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.