dying and death,parent child relationship,yuppie,professor,socialism,friends,money,cancer,university,illness,dying,family conflict

The Barbarian Invasions (2003)

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

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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Denys Arcand
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    Rémy Rémy Girard
  • Profile picture of Stéphane Rousseau
    Sébastien Stéphane Rousseau
  • Profile picture of Marie-Josée Croze
    Nathalie Marie-Josée Croze
  • Profile picture of Dorothée Berryman
    Louise Dorothée Berryman
  • Profile picture of Louise Portal
    Diane Leonard Louise Portal
  • Profile picture of Dominique Michel
    Dominique St. Arnaud Dominique Michel
  • Profile picture of Pierre Curzi
    Pierre Citrouillard Pierre Curzi
  • Profile picture of Yves Jacques
    Claude Yves Jacques

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Keywords

  • dying and death
  • parent child relationship
  • yuppie
  • professor
  • socialism
  • friends
  • money
  • cancer
  • university
  • illness
  • dying
  • family conflict