The Barbarian Invasions
A comedy about sex, friendship, and all other things that invade our lives.
7.1(410) 2003-05-01 99 minComedyDrama
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.
DirectorDenys Arcand
Original Music ComposerPierre Aviat
ProducerDenise Robert
ProducerDaniel Louis
ScreenplayDenys Arcand
Cast & characters
Rémy Girard
as Rémy
Stéphane Rousseau
as Sébastien
Marie-Josée Croze
as Nathalie
Dorothée Berryman
as Louise
Louise Portal
as Diane Leonard
Dominique Michel
as Dominique St. Arnaud
Pierre Curzi
as Pierre Citrouillard
Yves Jacques
as Claude
Marina Hands
as Gaëlle
Sophie Lorain
as First Lover
Johanne-Marie Tremblay
as Sister Constance Lazure
Mitsou Gélinas
as Ghislaine
Isabelle Blais
as Sylvaine
Markita Boies
as Nurse Suzanne
Micheline Lanctôt
as Nurse Carole
Denis Bouchard
as Duhamel
Sylvie Drapeau
as Second Lover
Dominic Darceuil
as Maxime
Yves Desgagnés
as Olivier
Gilles Pelletier
as Priest Raymond Leclerc
Jean-René Ouellet
as Dr. Dubé
Macha Grenon
as Arielle
Gaston Lepage
as Security Guard
Daniel Brière
as Alain Lussier
