Meet the Barbarians
All is well in Paimpont, Brittany, where harmony reigns among the locals. There’s Joëlle, the school teacher who’s inclined to lecture people; Anne, who owns a convenience store and likes a good aperitif; Hervé, a plumber from Alsace who’s even more Breton than the locals; and Johnny, the local ranger and Johnny Hallyday fan.
In a show of solidarity, the town enthusiastically votes to host some Ukrainian refugees. But the refugees, it turns out, aren’t so Ukrainian after all. They’re Syrian! And some of the folks in this charming little town aren’t very pleased with having them for neighbors.
So, when all is said and done, who are the barbarians?
Cast
- Joëlle Lesourd
- Julie Delpy
- Anne Poudoulec
- Sandrine Kiberlain
- Hervé Riou
- Laurent Lafitte
- Marwan Fayad
- Ziad Bakri
- Sébastien Lejeune
- Jean-Charles Clichet
- Géraldine Riou
- India Hair
Meet the Barbarians
Julie Delpy
- Fiction
- Production Country / Year
- France 2024
- Language
- frz., engl., ar. OF m. engl. UT
- Format
- DCP, Color, 102min
1.85:1, Discrete 5.1
- Original Title
- Les Barbares
Director & Crew
Julie Delpy
Born in 1969 in Paris/France. Studied at the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, and the Actor’s Studio. Active as an actress, screenwriter, director, and singer.
Filmography
| 2002 | Looking for Jimmy | Spielfilm | |
| 2007 | 2 Days in Paris | Spielfilm | |
| 2009 | The Countess | Spielfilm | |
| 2011 | Le Skylab | Spielfilm | |
| 2012 | 2 Days in New York | Spielfilm | |
| 2015 | Lolo | Spielfilm | |
| 2019 | My Zoe | Spielfilm | |
| 2021 | On the Verge | Kurzfilm | |
| 2024 | Meet the Barbarians | Spielfilm | 2024 |
“For me, barbarism is a lack of empathy towards others, a dehumanization. Dehumanization can occur between one race and another, one gender and another, one ideology and another, one religion and another. Dehumanization exists in many different forms. It has changed, but it still exists, and it is on the rise. But this is a form of violence, an unacceptable violence.”
Julie Delpy
- Writer
- Julie Delpy
- Matthieu Rumani
- Director of Photography
- George Lechaptois
- Editor
- Camille Delprat
- Production Designer
- Quentin Millot
- Music Composer
- Philippe Jakko
- Producer
- Michael Gentile