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Barbarian
Invasions is a film regarding the human interruptions of daily life as the
socialistic and hedonistic professor Remy (Rémy Girard) is lying on his
death bed. Remy's wife, Louise (Dorothee Berryman), separated from
him decades ago after he was caught in the act with another woman, has stayed in touch
with Remy since the separation. Louise
calls their son, Sébastien (Stéphane Rousseau), who dislikes the fathers
ways and has embraced capitalistic ideals. Despite Sébastien's
bitterness to his father he travels with a private jet from London,
England to Canada, where he is to meet the father and begin helping bring
his friends back to see him before he departs. Sébastien, a very successful business man, uses his skills in trade to
move ruthlessly forward to get what he wants for his father by buying his
way with the almighty dollar. However, it is not within the money that they
find each other but through kind words, closeness, and genuinely expressed
feelings.
Denys Arcand directed a genuinely warm film dealing with a family that confronts the looming death of a family member and how it affects them and the close friends who participate in a forgiving manner. Barbarian Invasions is brilliantly written as it involves the audience in an intellectual discussion of several topics such as capitalism, socialism, racism, family, love, and much more. Arcand dissects these topics and how they disrupt the daily rhythm of people's lives where the they are forced into a situation "outside of the box" in a pleasant manner in the backdrop of Remy. Through the tactful approach the film brings harmony to the mind where these disruptions of new information can be pondered. In the end, Barbarian Invasions delivers a brilliant cinematic experience with a number of philosophical notions to ponder in the light of human existence, which is as diverse as the rainbow's spectrum. |
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