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The Barbarian Invasions (French: Les Invasions barbares) is a 2003 Canadian-French sex comedy-drama film written and directed by Denys Arcand and starring Rémy Girard, Stéphane Rousseau and Marie-Josée Croze.
Barbarian invasions, the movements of Germanic peoples which began before 200 BCE and lasted until the early Middle Ages, destroying the Western Roman Empire in the process.
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Mar 5, 2004 · The Barbarian Invasions: Directed by Denys Arcand. With Rémy Girard, Stéphane Rousseau, Marie-Josée Croze, Marina Hands. During his final days, a dying man is reunited with old friends, former lovers, his ex-wife, and his estranged son.
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- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Denys Arcand
- 2004-03-05
The Migration Period (circa 300 to 600 AD), also known as the Barbarian Invasions, was a period in European history marked by large-scale migrations that saw the fall of the Western Roman Empire and subsequent settlement of its former territories by various tribes, and the establishment of the post-Roman kingdoms.
The invasions and the civil wars worked in combination to disrupt and weaken the empire over a span of half a century. Things were at their worst in the 260s, but the entire period from 235 to 284 brought the empire close to collapse.
Dec 19, 2003 · A Quebec film about a dying professor who reconnects with his estranged son and former lovers. Roger Ebert praises the film's wit, passion and idealism, and its star Marie-Josee Croze's best actress award.
Jul 15, 2010 · The Migration Period, also called the Barbarian Invasions or German: Völkerwanderung (wandering of the peoples), was a period of human migration that occurred roughly between 300 to 700 CE in Europe, marking the transition from Late Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages.