The Barbarian Invasions (2003)
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.
Director:
Denys Arcand
Writer:
Denys Arcand
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Rémy Girard as Rémy |
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Stéphane Rousseau as Sébastien |
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Marie-Josée Croze as Nathalie |
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Dorothée Berryman as Louise |
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Louise Portal as Diane Leonard |
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Dominique Michel as Dominique St. Arnaud |
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Pierre Curzi as Pierre Citrouillard |
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Yves Jacques as Claude |
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Marina Hands as Gaëlle |
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Sophie Lorain as First Lover |
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Johanne-Marie Tremblay as Sister Constance Lazure |
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Mitsou Gélinas as Ghislaine |
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Isabelle Blais as Sylvaine |
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Markita Boies as Nurse Suzanne |
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Micheline Lanctôt as Nurse Carole |
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Denis Bouchard as Duhamel |
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Sylvie Drapeau as Second Lover |
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Dominic Darceuil as Maxime |
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Yves Desgagnés as Olivier |
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Gilles Pelletier as Priest Raymond Leclerc |
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Jean-René Ouellet as Dr. Dubé |
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Macha Grenon as Arielle |
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Gaston Lepage as Security Guard |
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Daniel Brière as Alain Lussier |
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Sébastien Huberdeau as Vincent |
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Rose-Maïté Erkoreka as Student |
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Roy Dupuis as Gilles Levac |
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Sébastien Ricard as Jérôme |
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Bonnie Mak as Nurse |
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Frédéric Gilles as Cowboy |
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Lise Roy as Mme. Joncas-Pelletier |
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Toni Cecchinato as Alessandro |
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Inés Orsini as Lúcia |
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David Gow as |
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Dawn Lambing as |
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Valérie Jeanneret as |
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Valérie Wiseman as |
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François Domerc as |
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Julie Beauchemin as |
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Sofia de Medeiros as |
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Denys Arcand as Unionist (uncredited) |
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Fanny Mallette as (uncredited) |
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Françoise Hardy as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Julie Christie as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Chris Evert as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Directing | Denys Arcand | Director |
| Sound | Pierre Aviat | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Denise Robert | Producer |
| Editing | Isabelle Dedieu | Editor |
| Production | Daniel Louis | Producer |
| Camera | Guy Dufaux | Director of Photography |
| Production | Fabienne Vonier | Co-Producer |
| Art | François Séguin | Production Design |
| Visual Effects | Mario Rachiele | Visual Effects Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Denis Sperdouklis | Costume Design |
| Art | Caroline Alder | Art Direction |
| Production | Hélène Grimard | Production Manager |
| Production | Lucie Robitaille | Casting |
| Art | Patrice Bengle | Set Decoration |
| Crew | Chris Evert | Thanks |
| Crew | Georges Jardon | Post Production Supervisor |
| Editing | Trent Johnson | Color Timer |
| Production | Nicolas Ronchi | Casting |
| Directing | Marie La Haye | Script Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Betty Belmore | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | François Domerc | Boom Operator |
| Production | Bruno Rosato | Casting |
| Crew | Stéphane Lefebvre | Stunts |
| Camera | François Daignault | Steadicam Operator |
| Visual Effects | Guillaume Murray | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Crew | Patrick Roy | Thanks |
| Directing | Jacques W. Benoit | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Arvo Pärt | Additional Soundtrack |
| Sound | Diane Boucher | Sound |
| Sound | Gavin Fernandes | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Crew | Françoise Hardy | Thanks |
| Sound | Jérôme Décarie | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Marie-Claude Gagné | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Marie-Claude Gagné | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Michel Descombes | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Patrick Rousseau | Sound |
| Writing | Denys Arcand | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Evelyne Byot | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Diane Simard | Key Makeup Artist |