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"The Barbarian Invasions" DVD
About the Movie "The Barbarian Invasions" on DVD

DVD Release Date: July 13, 2004

"The Barbarian Invasions"

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Tagline: "A provocative new comedy about sex, friendship, and all other things that invade our lives."

Length: 99 minutes
MPAA Rating: R for language, sexual dialogue and drug content

Written and directed by Denys Arcand, this French-language drama is about the death from illness of a Montreal history professor named Rémy. But Rémy's son Sébastien has gotten rich in the London financial arena, and he uses his wealth to make his father's passing as pleasant as possible. Using heroin to ease his pain, Rémy is surrounded by old friends, and they look back over the years at lives fully lived, suffusing the movie with wit and joy.

~Ivana Redwine

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  • Region 1

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