The Barbarian Invasions (film)
The Barbarian Invasions (French: Les Invasions barbares) is a French Canadian comedy/drama film directed by Denys Arcand. It is the sequel to Arcand's earlier award-winning film The Decline of the American Empire and is followed by Days of Darkness. The film was produced by companies from both Canada and France, including Téléfilm Canada, Société Radio-Canada and Canal+. It was released in 2003 and won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 76th Academy Awards in 2004.
Awards
The film won France's 2004 César Award for Best Picture and Best Director, plus Best Original Screenplay for Denys Arcand. It also won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 76th Academy Awards in 2004 (as of 2006 this Oscar is on public display at the Museum of Civilization in Quebec City as part of an exhibit about the cinema of Quebec).
At the Cannes Film Festival in 2003, it won two awards: Best Screenplay Award and Best Actress Award for Marie-Josée Croze.
Directed by Denys Arcand
Produced by Daniel Louis
Denys
Robert
Cast
Rémy Girard
- Rémy
Stéphane Rousseau - Sébastien
Dorothée
Berryman - Louise
Louise Portal - Diane
Dominique Michel - Dominique
Yves Jacques - Claude
Pierre Curzi - Pierre
Marie-Josée Croze - Nathalie
Marina Hands - Gaëlle
Toni Cecchinato - Alessandro
Mitsou - Ghislaine
Sophie Lorain -
First Lover
Johanne-Marie Tremblay - Sister Constance Lazure
Denis Bouchard
- Duhamel
Micheline Lanctôt - Nurse Carole
Markita Boies - Nurse
Suzanne
Isabelle Blais - Sylvaine
Sylvie Drapeau - Second Lover
Yves Desgagnés - Olivier
Denys Arcand - Unionist
Daniel Brière
- Alain Lussier
Dominic Darceuil - Maxime
Roy Dupuis - Gilles Levac
Rose-Maïté Erkoreka - Student
Macha Grenon - Arielle
Sébastien Huberdeau - Vincent
Gaston Lepage
- Security Guard
Sean Lu - Pharmacist
Bonnie Mak -
Nurse
Jean-René Ouellet - Dr. Dubé
Jean-Marc Parent -
Ronald the Syndicalist
Gilles Pelletier - Priest Raymond Leclerc
Sébastien
Ricard - Jérôme
Lise Roy - Mme. Joncas-Pelletier
Anna-Marie Sutherland - Bulgarian Nurse
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Julie Beauchemin
Alain Bruno
Jacques Caron
Jean Antoine Charest
Sofia de Medeiros
François Domerc
Kenneth Fernandez
Frédéric Gilles - Cowboy
David Gow
Karen Hader
Valérie
Jeanneret
Janique Kearns
Dawn Lambing
Shawn McPherson
Inés
Orsini - Lúcia (also archive footage)
Eric Paulhus - Réparateur
télé
Hélène-Manon Poudrette
Yvette Thuot
Stéphane Touzin
Julie Tu
Valérie Wiseman
Chris
Evert - Herself (archive footage)
Françoise Hardy - Herself (archive
footage)
Plot
Continuing
seventeen years after Arcand's 1986 film The Decline of the American Empire, the
movie is once again much more about exploring character than plot. What plot there
is revolves around the character Rémy's battle with terminal cancer, and
his estranged son's efforts, after reluctantly returning from London at the request
of Remy's ex-wife Louise, to make his dying father more comfortable in his last
days. He proves willing to go to any lengths to achieve this, navigating Quebec's
healthcare system, and in the process he gathers the various other friends and
family members from Remy's past who come to visit and comfort him. During Remy's
last days, he and his friends travel to the cottage of the first film, and discuss
philosophy, politics, and past sexual and intellectual exploits.
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