The Barbarian Invasions

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.

Part of the

The Decline of the American Empire Collection

Denys Arcand trilogy.

Rémy Girard

Rémy

Stéphane Rousseau

Sébastien

Marie-Josée Croze

Nathalie

Dorothée Berryman

Louise

Louise Portal

Diane Leonard

Dominique Michel

Dominique St. Arnaud

Pierre Curzi

Pierre Citrouillard

Yves Jacques

Claude

Marina Hands

Gaëlle

Sophie Lorain

First Lover

Denys Arcand

Director

Denise Robert

Producer

Daniel Louis

Producer

Guy Dufaux

Director of Photography

Isabelle Dedieu

Editor

Pierre Aviat

Original Music Composer

Marie La Haye

Script Supervisor

Jacques W. Benoit

Assistant Director

Fabienne Vonier

Co-Producer

Production Companies

Cinémaginaire

Pyramide Productions