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The Barbarian Invasions (2003)
Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Remy Girard, Stephane Rousseau, Marie-Josee Croze, Dorothee Berryman, Johanne-Marie Tremblay
DVD Info
Release:
Jan 7, 2005
DVD Features:
- Region 1
- Keep Case
- Widescreen - 2.35:1
Audio:
- Dolby Digital 5.1 Surrround - English, French
- Subtitles - English - Optional
Additional Release Material:
- Featurette - INSIDE THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS
Reviews
Ultimately a gracious, even sweet-natured film, optimistic almost despite itself.
Besides being a witty look at life, death and relationships, this is also a startlingly insightful examination of civilisation.
La dirección es excelente y logra convertir una historia de apariencia triste en una exaltación de las conexiones humanas.
The film's emotional ending is deeply felt and powerful, examining the pain and the humor of life without pathos or melodrama. As such, the film resonates and lingers.
...an almost documentary truth to the performances, a un-movieish consistency of tone that makes it easy to forget that we're watching actors.
...jerkily paced, dramatically obvious, and seems penned by a self-serious 16-year-old
The occasion is death, but the movie is a joyous celebration of life.
You get to experience the sentiment without drowning in it; and you get a sharp-edged ideological exploration of living (and dying) in modern times.
Arcand's dialogue reverberates with wit and reflection, and is perfectly deployed by an ensemble that feels more like a family than the results of a casting call.
Its most poignant observation is that these barbarians, being our own sons and daughters, are already well within the gates
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