Les invasions barbares (2003)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.8/10   

Director:

Denys Arcand

Guionista:

Denys Arcand (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

24 septiembre 2003 (France)

Género:

Comedia | Crimen | Drama | Misterio | Romance

Frase comercial:

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

Plot:

During his final days, a dying man is reunited with old friends, former lovers, his ex-wife, and his estranged son.

Plot Keywords:

Friend | Dying | Ex Wife | Cancer | Death

Premios:

Won Oscar. Another 37 wins & 19 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Key Themes are Not 'Anti-capitalism, Anti-Americanism'

Reparto

Rémy Girard	...	Rémy
Stéphane Rousseau	...	Sébastien
Dorothée Berryman	...	Louise
Louise Portal	...	Diane
Dominique Michel	...	Dominique
Yves Jacques	...	Claude
Pierre Curzi	...	Pierre
Marie-Josée Croze	...	Nathalie
Marina Hands	...	Gaëlle
Toni Cecchinato	...	Alessandro
Mitsou	...	Ghislaine (as Mitsou Gélinas)
Sophie Lorain	...	First Lover
Johanne-Marie Tremblay	...	Sister Constance Lazure (as Johanne Marie Tremblay)
Denis Bouchard	...	Duhamel
Micheline Lanctôt	...	Nurse Carole

También conocida como:

Invasion of the Barbarians (International: English title)
The Barbarian Invasions (International: English title)
Las invasiones bárbaras (Argentina) (Peru) (Spain) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for language, sexual dialogue and drug content.

Duración:

99 min | Canada:112 min (DVD version)

País:

Canada | France

Idioma:

Francés | Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital | Dolby SR

Clasificación:

Switzerland:14 (canton of Zurich) | France:U | Malaysia:18PL | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Brazil:16 | Canada:13+ (Québec) | Canada:14A | Denmark:7 | Finland:K-11 | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Italy:T | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/16 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | UK:18 | USA:R | Spain:13 | Iceland:12

Locaciones de Filmación:

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Compañía:

Astral Films

Trivialidades:

Cameo del director: [Denys Arcand]the union representative whose jacket says "Directeur."

Errores:

Continuidad: When Sebastian explains to Remy what he does for a living, the collar of his shirt is alternately inside/outside his sweater between shots.

Citas:

Rémy: Contrary to belief, the 20th century wasn't that bloody. It's agreed that wars caused 100 million deaths. Add 10 million for the Russian gulags. The Chinese camps, we'll never know, but say 20 million. So 130, 145 million dead. Not all that impressive...

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en The 61st Annual Golden Globe Awards (2004) (TV)

Banda de Sonido:

Concerto Op. 6 No. 12 in B minor by Händel

Key Themes are Not 'Anti-capitalism, Anti-Americanism'

There seems to be a lot of passion over the claim that the film is anti-American, anti-capitalist, etc. Many criticisms seem to dismiss the humanistic elements in this film - pain, death, reconciliation - because it has a vague intellectual, leftist, socialist face. My experiences in Canada tend to suggest that the Canadians have plenty of targets down south that deserve criticism. But does it matter? Whether the film included all these elements, the key theme was the preparation for death and reconciliation between those who will not see each other again.

Doesn't anybody cry over loss? Are we scared of those things after death? or do we fear the process of dying - the loss of the person, their presence? A person died in this film - right before us - 100 minutes of decline -and what a sigh of relief that there was reconciliation in the end! That there was time to speak, time to be present. Consider the contrast between the daughter on the yacht - stranded, distant - and the son near his father. The great pain that welled up in me to see that there was no opportunity for her left.

I don't cry in films, but I did here. I feared dying more than ever - other people's deaths, and mine - and I resolved to prepare for it.