The Barbarian Invasions

The Barbarian Invasions

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

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Release Date

9/24/2003

Runtime

99 mins

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

French

Budget

$8,000,000

Revenue

$34,883,010

Homepage

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A darkly comic meditation on death and what we leave behind, following a dying professor's final gathering of old friends and estranged family. It's funny and sad in equal measure, finding both humor and grace in the approach of the end.

Mood

MelancholicBittersweetWistful

Themes

MortalityFamilyFriendshipGriefRedemption

Tone

Comedic

Pacing

Meditative

Look

Naturalistic

Structure

Ensemble

Heads up

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