The Barbarian Invasions

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The Barbarian Invasions
Image:Barbarian Oscar.jpg original movie poster
Directed by	Denys Arcand
Produced by	Daniel Louis Denys Robert
Written by	Denys Arcand
Starring	Rémy Girard Stéphane Rousseau Dorothée Berryman Louise Portal
Distributed by	Miramax Films
Release date(s)	21 May, 2003 (premiere at Cannes) 21 November, 2003 (limited) 20 February, 2004 1 April, 2004
Running time	112 min.
Language	French English
Budget	$5,000,000 US (est.)
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The Barbarian Invasions (French: Les Invasions barbares) is a French Canadian comedy/drama film from Quebec, directed by Denys Arcand. It was released in 2003 and won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 76th Academy Awards in 2004. It is the sequel to Arcand's earlier award-winning film The Decline of the American Empire.

Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Awards 3 Cast 4 See also 5 External link

Synopsis

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.

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 Original Screenplay Award and Best Actress Award for Marie-Josée Croze.

The film also won 5 Jutra Awards, 6 Genie Awards as well as a couple of other prices in many international festivals (Bangkok International Film Festival, Cinema Brazil Grand Prize, Toronto International Film Festival, Czech Lions).

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
• Mitsou Gélinas: Ghislaine
• Micheline Lanctôt: Nurse Carole
• Johanne-Marie Tremblay: Sister Constance
• Roy Dupuis: Narcotics Officer Gilles Levac

See also

• Culture of Quebec
• Cinema of Quebec
• List of Quebec movies
• List of Canadian films

External link

• Les Invasions barbares at the Internet Movie Database

Preceded by Nowhere in Africa

Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film 2003

Succeeded by The Sea Inside

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