The “Barbarian Invasions” is a 2003 French-Canadian film directed by Denys Arcand which won the Academy Award for best Foreign Language film and Marie-Josée won the Cannes Best Actress Award. It tells the story of 50-something Montreal college professor, Remy, who learns that he is dying of liver cancer. He decides to make amends by meeting his friends and family before he dies. He first tries to make 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.
As critic Lisa Nesselsen said in “Variety” magazine “A full-bodied, funny and gloriously unpretentious ode to family, friendship and the meaning of life.”
As critic Lisa Nesselsen said in “Variety” magazine “A full-bodied, funny and gloriously unpretentious ode to family, friendship and the meaning of life.”
“the Barbarian Invasions” will screen at the Faith College Wine Centre on Friday 8th November at 7.30 pm with a short film and then the main feature after a break for refreshments. Admission is free for Film Club Members and membership is obtainable at the door.
