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The Barbarian Invasions is a 2003 sex comedy-drama film written and directed by Denys Arcand and starring Rémy Girard, Stéphane Rousseau and Marie-Josée Croze. The film is a sequel to Arcand's 1986 film The Decline of the American Empire, continuing the story of the character Rémy, a womanizing history professor now terminally ill with cancer.
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When Denys Arcand chose “The Decline of the American Empire” as the title for his 1986 humorous drama, he likely considered it little more than a catchy, ironic joke—a clever transposition of banal, pretentious middle-class academic chatter onto the grand chapters of history. A decade and a half later, that very title resonated with a profoundly different gravity following the cataclysmic attacks of September 11, 20…More
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The Academy doesn't always get things right. In 2003, *Ondskan (Evil)* was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film along side Barbarian Invasions. The latter won. Having watched both films, I have to wonder what the Academy was thinking with this selection. Barbarian Invasions was okay, but between the cheap soundtrack, sluggish pacing and staging, the film often felt like a soap opera. My vote would have gone to E…More
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