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The Barbarian Invasions

A comedy about sex, friendship, and all other things that invade our lives.

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2003•1h 39m

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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Rémy Girard

Rémy

Photo of Stéphane Rousseau

Stéphane Rousseau

Sébastien

Photo of Marie-Josée Croze

Marie-Josée Croze

Nathalie

Photo of Dorothée Berryman

Dorothée Berryman

Louise

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Louise Portal

Diane Leonard

Photo of Dominique Michel

Dominique Michel

Dominique St. Arnaud

Photo of Pierre Curzi

Pierre Curzi

Pierre Citrouillard

Photo of Yves Jacques

Yves Jacques

Claude

Photo of Marina Hands

Marina Hands

Gaëlle

Photo of Sophie Lorain

Sophie Lorain

First Lover

Photo of Johanne-Marie Tremblay

Johanne-Marie Tremblay

Sister Constance Lazure

Photo of Mitsou Gélinas

Mitsou Gélinas

Ghislaine

Photo of Isabelle Blais

Isabelle Blais

Sylvaine

Photo of Markita Boies

Markita Boies

Nurse Suzanne

Photo of Micheline Lanctôt

Micheline Lanctôt

Nurse Carole

Photo of Denis Bouchard

Denis Bouchard

Duhamel

Photo of Sylvie Drapeau

Sylvie Drapeau

Second Lover

Photo of Dominic Darceuil

Dominic Darceuil

Maxime

Photo of Yves Desgagnés

Yves Desgagnés

Olivier

Photo of Gilles Pelletier

Gilles Pelletier

Priest Raymond Leclerc

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