The Barbarian Invasions

Name: The Barbarian Invasions
Director: Denys Arcand
Released: 2003
Duration: 99 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Rémy Girard, Dorothée Berryman, Stéphane Rousseau, Marie-Josée Croze, Marina Hands

2003 · 99 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 30,501 VOTES · DIR. Denys Arcand

Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 830 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:23 For my daughter MingXia

00:05:01 It's flying to Belfast Monday... -I'll probably have to stay longer.

00:09:11 I have the scan.

00:12:54 You plan to have kids? -Definitely.

00:16:10 Didn't they give you one? -No.

00:19:03 $40. -$35.

00:21:59 We'll ask around, but I can't guarantee anything.

00:24:58 It makes a huge difference. -Ok, thanks.

00:28:48 think of me as a smart guy trying to save time.

00:32:18 I've been away too long.

00:35:54 To smoke or shoot up? -I trust you.

00:39:12 From a child's perspective, it must seem sordid.

00:42:13 Ines Orsini.

00:45:12 I manage financial risk.

00:50:14 What are you doing? -I was waiting for you.

00:52:56 It's not the present you cling on, It's your past life.

00:57:28 I don't know your daughter, but Sebastien's not exactly a failure.

01:00:20 For several years Dad continued to come over for Sunday lunch.

01:02:55 Give him the mother of all rub-downs.

01:07:02 Just this once. -It'll soon be over.

01:10:10 I still can't come to terms with it. -You know you have to.

01:13:02 For two years she'd cleaned pigsties on a re-education farm.

01:16:31 Why am I not surprised?

01:23:00 at night, or a fire from an oil leak...

Cast & Characters

Rémy Girard Rémy Dorothée Berryman Louise Stéphane Rousseau Sébastien Marie-Josée Croze Nathalie Marina Hands Gaëlle Johanne-Marie Tremblay Sister Constance Lazure Pierre Curzi Pierre Citrouillard Yves Jacques Claude Louise Portal Diane Leonard Dominique Michel Dominique St. Arnaud

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed830

Dialogue density8.4 lines / min

First line00:00:23

Final line01:23:00

Production Record

DirectorDenys Arcand

LanguageFrench

Budget$8,000,000

Revenue$34,883,010

IMDb votes30,501