Die Invasion der Barbaren (2003)
28KDie Invasion der Barbaren: Directed by Denys Arcand. With Rémy Girard, Stéphane Rousseau, Marie-Josée Croze, Marina Hands. During his final days, a dying man is reunited with old friends, former lovers, his ex-wife, and his estranged son.
“In Montreal, Rémy (Remy Girard) is an atheistic professor of history and lover of women, who has a terminal disease. His wife calls their son, Sébastien (Stéphane Rousseau) to come from London, where he works as a successful investor. Sébastien arrives in Montreal with his mate, and using his money and corruption, he improves the condition of his father in a public Canadian hospital. He gathers his fatheru0026#39;s friends around him, and they stay together until the death of Rémy. This low budget movie is a touching story about friendship and farewell to life, alternating drama with acid dialogs about religion, history, life, political system, literature and many other themes. The cast has a great performance, flowing the story in a very natural way. At least twice, the characters say that they are not in the Third World, and I certainly agree with that. But I was really surprised and impressed with the way subjects like corruption, Canadian public heath system, labor union, ministerial of exterior, bureaucracy, police, drug dealers etc. are presented in this film. If what this movie shows is reality, then they are in the right way to join the club… My vote is nine.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eTitle (Brazil): ` As Invasões Bárbarasu0026#39; (`The Barbarians Invasionu0026#39;)”
