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Meet the Barbarians

Meet the Barbarians

Comedy · Drama · 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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Meet the Barbarians

2024 Comedy · Drama 1h 42m

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6.2 / 10

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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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Directed by

Julie Delpy

Written by

Nicolas Slomka · Julie Delpy · Matthieu Rumani

Julie Delpy

Julie Delpy

Joëlle

Sandrine Kiberlain

Sandrine Kiberlain

Anne Poudoulec

Laurent Lafitte

Laurent Lafitte

Hervé Riou

India Hair

India Hair

Géraldine Riou

Mathieu Demy

Mathieu Demy

Philippe Poudoulec

Ziad Bakri

Ziad Bakri

Marwan

Albert Delpy

Albert Delpy

Yves

Court is in session

Put Meet the Barbarians on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.