The Barbarian Invasions

The story

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.

In the same saga

The Decline of the American Empire Collection

In release order

The Decline of the American Empire

1986

This film

The Barbarian Invasions

2003

Days of Darkness

2007

Cast

R Rémy GirardRémy S Stéphane RousseauSébastien M Marie-Josée CrozeNathalie D Dorothée BerrymanLouise L Louise PortalDiane Leonard D Dominique MichelDominique St. Arnaud P Pierre CurziPierre Citrouillard Y Yves JacquesClaude M Marina HandsGaëlle S Sophie LorainFirst Lover J Johanne-Marie TremblaySister Constance Lazure M Mitsou GélinasGhislaine

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I Isabelle BlaisSylvaine M Markita BoiesNurse Suzanne M Micheline LanctôtNurse Carole D Denis BouchardDuhamel S Sylvie DrapeauSecond Lover D Dominic DarceuilMaxime Y Yves DesgagnésOlivier G Gilles PelletierPriest Raymond Leclerc J Jean-René OuelletDr. Dubé M Macha GrenonArielle G Gaston LepageSecurity Guard D Daniel BrièreAlain Lussier S Sébastien HuberdeauVincent R Rose-Maïté ErkorekaStudent R Roy DupuisGilles Levac S Sébastien RicardJérôme B Bonnie MakNurse F Frédéric GillesCowboy L Lise RoyMme. Joncas-Pelletier T Toni CecchinatoAlessandro I Inés OrsiniLúcia D David Gow D Dawn Lambing V Valérie Jeanneret V Valérie Wiseman F François Domerc J Julie Beauchemin S Sofia de Medeiros D Denys ArcandUnionist (uncredited) F Fanny Mallette(uncredited) F Françoise HardySelf (archive footage) (uncredited) J Julie ChristieSelf (archive footage) (uncredited) C Chris EvertSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)