The Barbarian Invasions
Synopsis
Rémy, divorced and in his fifties, is in hospital. His ex-wife, Louise, puts through an urgent call to their son, Sébastien, who lives in London. Sébastien hesitates – his father and he have had nothing to say to each other for a long time. He finally accepts to return to Montreal to help his mother and offer his father support.
As soon as he arrives, Sébastien moves heaven and earth, calls in favors and upsets the system in all kinds of ways. He’ll do anything to make his father’s situation more comfortable. He also gathers together at his father’s bedside the joyful group of people who’ve meant something to him in the past: relatives, friends and former lovers.
What have they become in this time of “barbaric invasion?”
Are they as still as irreverent and colorful as they once were? Do humor and desire still fill their dreams?
In this time of barbaric invasion, the decline of the American empire continues…
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (11)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : Pyramide Productions
- Foreign production company : Cinémaginaire
- Film exports/foreign sales : Pyramide International
- French distribution : Pyramide Distribution
Full credits (11)
- Screenwriter : Denys Arcand
- Director of Photography : Guy Dufaux
- Music Composer : Pierre Aviat
- Editor : Isabelle Dedieu
- Sound recordists : Patrick Rousseau, Marie-Claude Gagné, Michel Descombes, Gavin Fernandes
- Costume designer : Denis Sperdouklis
- Author of original work : Denys Arcand
- Co-producer : Fabienne Vonier
- Press Attaché (film) : Bruno Barde
- Production Designer : François Seguin
- Casting : Lucie Robitaille, Nicolas Ronchi
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : Canada (90.0%), France (10.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Yes
- Nationality : Minority French (Canada, France)
- Production year : 2003
- French release : 24/09/2003
- Runtime : 1 h 39 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 106.830
- Visa issue date : 04/09/2003
- Approval : Yes
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
- Audio format : Dolby SRD
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News & awards
News (10)
Selections (10)
Academy Awards
United States, 2004
Nomination for Best Foreign Language Film
Nomination for Best Original Screenplay
Awards (4)
Lumiere Awards
France, 2004
Lumiere Award for Best Foreign Film
Cannes International Film Festival
France, 2003
Award for Best actress : Marie-Josée Croze
Best Screenplay Award : Denys Arcand
