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The Barbarian Invasions

2003, Movie, 1h 39min

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.

Country: Canada,France

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Reviews

Critic Patrick Peters

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...many fascinating ideas are raised here...

Read full review at Empire

Critic Marjorie Baumgarten

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...[a] contemporary story about a group of old friends, intellectuals all, who reunite at the hospital bedside of one of their group who is dying.

Read full review at The Austin Chronicle

Critic Alen Meskovic

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...et røntgenbillede af den nyere verdenshistorie og dens to generationer, taget med en dyb forståelse for både barbarerne og deres ofre.

Read full review at Cinemazone

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When successful businessman Sébastien learns that his terminally ill father, a retired history professor, is dying of cancer, he reluctantly returns to his hometown in Quebec to reunite with his father and old friends. As Sébastien tries to bribe hospital administrators for better care and calls upon his father's old friends for a final visit, he discovers that his father's courage in the face of death is not the only thing that has changed since he last saw him. Through conversations with his father and friends, Sébastien comes to terms with their anachronistic beliefs and the evolution of their values. In the end, Rémy dies peacefully surrounded by those he loves, and Sébastien finds closure in a bittersweet reunion.

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