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Acclaimed director Denys Arcand’s
('The Decline of the American Empire',
'Jesus of Montreal' - both released by
Artificial Eye) triumphant return and
double Cannes prize winner, THE BAR-
BARIAN INVASIONS, is an acerbic and
sharply written masterpiece - a witty,
tender and intelligent drama comedy
concerning the universal themes of love,
faith, family and mortality.
In his younger days as a university pro-
fessor Rémy (RÉMY GIRARD) was
known for his love of women, words
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Now divorced and in his early fifties, Rémy is hospitalised and awaits his ordeal in an over-
crowded hospital in Montreal.
Unbeknownst to him, his sympathetic ex-wife, Louise (Dorothée Berryman), asks their son
Sébastien (Stéphane Rousseau) to come home from London where he now lives as a success-
ful financial wheeler and dealer. Sébastien hesitates; he and his father haven't had much to say
to one another for years now. In fact they detest each other. To Rémy, Sébastien represents the
barbarian at the gates of the citadel - acquisitive, non-intellectual, and threatening everything
Rémy holds dear. Sébastien for his part is equally contemptuous of his father who abandoned
him and his mother. However Sébastien relents, and flies to Montreal with his beautiful fiancée
to support his father, and help his mother... |
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