Meet the Barbarians (2024)

The municipality of a small Breton village has decided to welcome a family of Ukrainian refugees. To their surprise, they receive Fayad family – coming from Syria. They thwart all the clichés that the French expected: they are friendly, refined, educated… So much so that, in this small, humming village, it is no longer clear which side the barbarians are on…

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Contemporary, classical in form, spare and effortless.

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Julie DelpyJoëlle
Sandrine KiberlainAnne Poudoulec
Laurent LafitteHervé Riou
India HairGéraldine Riou
Mathieu DemyPhilippe Poudoulec
Ziad BakriMarwan
Albert DelpyYves
Jean-Charles ClichetSébastien Lejeune
Dalia NaousLouna
Brigitte RoüanJacqueline Moulin

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Julie DelpyDirector
Nicolas SlomkaScreenplay
Julie DelpyScreenplay
Matthieu RumaniScreenplay
Georges LechaptoisDirector of Photography
Camille DelpratEditor
Michaël GentileProducer

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