Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Barbarian Invasions is considered historically significant as the first Canadian film to win the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. [38] Canadian historian George Melnyk interpreted it as a sign that "Canadian cinema has come of global age", also pointing to Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001) winning the Camera d'Or at Cannes. [39]
She reprised her role as Constance in Arcand's later films The Barbarian Invasions (2003) and Days of Darkness (2007). [2] In 2009, she appeared in Denis Villeneuve's film Polytechnique, [3] and in 2013 acted in Sébastien Pilote's The Dismantling. [4] In 2018, she had a voice role in the animated film Ville Neuve.
She won the Best Actress award at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival for her performance in The Barbarian Invasions. [4] She was cast by director Steven Spielberg in his film Munich, released in December 2005.
The Barbarian Invasions, released in 2003, uses the same characters as The Decline of the American Empire and presents an aftermath to the ending of the first film, having Rémy's marriage end, and is thus a sequel. [34]
Arcand said a theme would be how corruption can spread from the United States to Canada, which he said relies on "Pax Americana", a theme explored in The Decline of the American Empire and The Barbarian Invasions (2003). [2] [13] In his view, the U.S. had long been suffering and Quebec was affected. [14]
Cast Genre Notes 8:17 p.m. Darling Street (20h17 rue Darling) Bernard Émond: Luc Picard: Drama: À Hauteur d'homme: Jean-Claude Labrecque: Bernard Landry: Documentary: Jutra - Documentary; a film about Bernard Landry, the leader of the Parti Québécois. The Barbarian Invasions (Les Invasions barbares) Denys Arcand
2003 The Barbarian Invasions Georges-Henri Denys Arcand CC GOQ RCA ( French: [dəni aʁkɑ̃] ; born June 25, 1941) is a Canadian filmmaker. During his four decades career, he became one of the most internationally-recognized director from Quebec , [ 1 ] earning widespread acclaim and numerous accolades for his "intensely personal, challenging ...
In 2018, Arcand's The Fall of the American Empire followed similar themes as Decline and The Barbarian Invasions. [8] Plans to release the film in Quebec in May were delayed due to incomplete special effects and sound mixing, causing the release date to be re-set for 7 December. By 27 December, it grossed $852,547 in Quebec. [6]