The Barbarian Invasions (Les Invasions barbares) 20 years old
A provocative new comedy about sex, friendship, and all other things that invade our lives.
In this belated sequel to 'The Decline of the American Empire', 50-something Montreal college professor, Remy, learns that he is dying of liver cancer. He decides to make amends meet to his friends and family before he dies. He first tries to made peace with his ex-wife Louise, who 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 entire Canadian system in every way possible to help his father fight his terminal illness to the bitter end, while he also tries to reunite his former friends, Pierre, Alain, Dominique, Diane, and Claude to see their old friend before he passes on.
Credits
The Barbarian Invasions Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Dominique Michel She was 70, now 91 years old | as Dominique |
| Roy Dupuis He was 40, now 61 years old | as Gilles Levac |
| Rémy Girard He was 52, now 73 years old | as Rémy |
| Isabelle Blais She was 28, now 49 years old | as Sylvaine |
| Sophie Lorain She was 45, now 66 years old | as First Lover |
| Fanny Mallette She was 27, now 48 years old | as (uncredited) |
| Denis Bouchard He was 49, now 70 years old | as Duhamel |
| Frédéric Gilles He was 41, now 62 years old | as Cowboy |
| Macha Grenon She was 34, now 55 years old | as Arielle |
| Gaston Lepage He was 54, now 75 years old | as Security Guard |
| Louise Portal She was 53, now 73 years old | as Diane |
| Johanne-Marie Tremblay She was 53, now 74 years old | as Sister Constance Lazure |
| Denys Arcand He was 61, now 82 years old | as Unionist (uncredited) |
| Jean-René Ouellet He was 55, now 76 years old | as Dr. Dubé |
| Stéphane Rousseau He was 36, now 57 years old | as Sébastien |
| Yves Jacques He was 47, now 67 years old | as Claude |
| Pierre Curzi He was 57, now 78 years old | as Pierre |
| Marie-Josée Croze She was 33, now 54 years old | as Nathalie |
| Sébastien Huberdeau He was 24, now 45 years old | as Vincent |
| Daniel Brière He was 25, now 46 years old | as Alain Lussier |
| Sylvie Drapeau She was 41, now 62 years old | as Second Lover |
| Dorothée Berryman She was 55, now 75 years old | as Louise |
| Mitsou Gélinas She was 32, now 53 years old | as Ghislaine |
| Micheline Lanctôt She was 56, now 76 years old | as Nurse Carole |
| Valérie Jeanneret | as (uncredited) |
| Dominic Darceuil He was 31, now 52 years old | as Maxime |
| Markita Boies She was 49, now 70 years old | as Nurse Suzanne |
| Lise Roy She was 50, now 71 years old | as Mme. Joncas-Pelletier |
| Dawn Lambing | as (uncredited) |
| Gilles Pelletier He was 78, 93 years old when he died | as Priest Raymond Leclerc |
| Marina Hands She was 28, now 49 years old | as Gaëlle |
| David Gow He was 46, now 67 years old | as (uncredited) |
| Sébastien Ricard He was 30, now 51 years old | as Jérôme |
The Barbarian Invasions Crew
| Name | Department |
|---|---|
| Daniel Louis as Producer. He was 49 (now 70) years old | Production |
| Denise Robert as Producer. She was 51 (now 72) years old | Production |
| Lucie Robitaille as Casting. | Production |
| Guillaume Murray as Special Effects Supervisor. | Visual Effects |
| Denis Sperdouklis as Costume Design. | Costume & Make-Up |
| Guy Dufaux as Director of Photography. He was 59 (now 80) years old | Camera |
| Isabelle Dedieu as Editor. She was 47 (now 68) years old | Editing |
| François Séguin as Production Design. He was 52 (now 73) years old | Art |
| Françoise Hardy as Thanks. She was 59 (now 80) years old | Crew |
| Pierre Aviat as Original Music Composer. | Sound |
| Stéphane Lefebvre as Stunts. He was 11 (now 32) years old | Crew |
| François Daignault as Steadicam Operator. He was 37 (now 58) years old | Camera |
| Denys Arcand as Director. He was 61 (now 82) years old | Directing |
| Denys Arcand as Screenplay. He was 61 (now 82) years old | Writing |
| Chris Evert as Thanks. She was 48 (now 69) years old | Crew |
| Fabienne Vonier as Co-Producer. She was 56 (66) years old when She died | Production |
The Barbarian Invasions (20 years)
A provocative new comedy about sex, friendship, and all other things that invade our lives.
- Release day: Wednesday, September 24, 2003
- Runtime: 99 minutes
- Budget: 8000000.00
- Revenue: 3432342.00
