The Barbarian Invasions (24/09/2003)
Synopsis
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.
Production
Astral Films, Société Radio-Canada, SODEC, Téléfilm Canada, Pyramide Productions, Cinémaginaire, CNC, Canal+, Alliance Atlantis, Vision Globale
Pays de production
Canada, France
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Rémy Girard
Stéphane Rousseau
Marie-Josée Croze
Dorothée Berryman
Louise Portal
Dominique Michel