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The barbarian invasions (Les invasions barbares: le déclin continue) - Rémy Girard, Stéphane Rousseau, Dorothée Berryman, Denys Arcand

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

It has been years since Sébastien (Stéphane Rousseau), a wealthy London investment banker, has been home to visit his parents in Canada. He has been avoiding a run-in with his father, Rémy (Rémy Girard), a spirited and lustful Professor of History who long ago divorced Sébastien's loving mother Louise (Dorothée Berryman.) Meanwhile, his sister has left land entirely, sailing across the high seas in a yacht. But when a crisis calls Sébastien home to Quebec, father and son must confront one another at last. Right off the bat, their reunion is a bust. Equally stubborn, the two men cannot see eye to eye. To Sébastien, Rémy is unreasonable and cold. To Rémy, Sébastien is a symbol of the coming "barbarian invasions," of all the negative changes in the world.

But desperate to bring his father some kind of happiness, Sébastien pours his energy into an all-consuming mission: to reunite the "merry band" that marked Rémy's complicated past - friends, colleagues and former mistresses included. In the process, Sébastien discovers more about his father than he ever imagined, more about what he wants and hope for in his own life, and more about the pleasures of wine, women, conversation and the love and compassion of good friends.

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Target demographic movie keyword propaganda

Film Canada drama family French Canadian

Persons of interest

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
Marina Hands .... Gaëlle
Toni Cecchinato .... Alessandro
Mitsou Gélinas .... Ghislaine
Johanne-Marie Tremblay .... Soeur Constance Lazure
Denis Bouchard .... Duhamel
Micheline Lanctôt .... Carole
Markita Boies .... Suzanne
Isabelle Blais .... Sylvaine
Yves Desgagnés .... Oleg
Denys Arcand .... Screenwriter
Denys Arcand .... Director

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Awards and film festivals:

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS - Oscars) 2004: Won: Best foreign language film; Nominated: Best original screenplay
Cannes Film Festival 2003: Won: Best Actress (Marie-Josée Croze), Best Screenplay (Denys Arcand); Nominated: Golden Palm (Denys Arcand)
César Awards 2004: Won: Best film, best director (Denys Arcand), best writing (Denys Arcand)
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards 2004: Won: Best Foreign Language Film
Hollywood Foreign Press Association (Golden Globes) 2004: Nominated: Best foreign language film

NB: French language dialogue with English language subtitles
Studios and distributors:

Hopscotch Films

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Special Agent Matti

Theatrical report

The barbarian invasions (Les invasions barbares: le déclin continue) is The big chill for old intellectuals. A bunch of old intellectuals get together to celebrate the death of one of their number. Being old intellectuals, there are also children to consider (and with whom to have issues). If you like red wine, go to the cinema (not the movies), read books, discuss books you've read and appreciate the finer things in life, this motion picture is for you. Stimulating, dramatic and funny, it is well worth watching.