The Barbarian Invasions (Les Invasions barbares) [Oscar's Best Foreign Movie]
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Description
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.
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Release Date2003
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Runtime1 hr 39 min
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Languagefr
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Rating7.049 (387)
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Genres
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DirectorDenys Arcand
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CastRémy GirardStéphane RousseauMarie-Josée CrozeDorothée BerrymanLouise PortalDominique MichelPierre CurziYves JacquesMarina HandsSophie LorainJohanne-Marie TremblayMitsou GélinasIsabelle BlaisMarkita BoiesMicheline LanctôtDenis BouchardSylvie DrapeauDominic DarceuilYves DesgagnésGilles PelletierJean-René OuelletMacha GrenonGaston LepageDaniel BrièreSébastien HuberdeauRose-Maïté ErkorekaRoy DupuisSébastien RicardBonnie MakFrédéric GillesLise RoyToni CecchinatoInés OrsiniDavid GowDawn LambingValérie JeanneretValérie WisemanFrançois DomercJulie BeaucheminSofia de MedeirosDenys ArcandFanny MalletteFrançoise HardyJulie ChristieChris Evert
