Les Invasions Barbares
30 Mar 2005
Director: Denys Arcand
Canada, France
2003
99 min
Winner of two major awards at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival, the film merges Arcand’s alternately witty and tender storytelling style with his most deeply emotional tale to date: that of a father and son who think they have nothing left in common until they are faced with a major crisis. Sébastien, a wealthy banker, has not returned home to see his parents in years. When his father Rémy is diagnosed with terminal cancer, the two equally stubbom men must face each other. Here they begin to learn an insatiable appetite for life.