title and artist in final song in movie, "The Barbarian Invasion."

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Request for Question Clarification by pinkfreud-ga on 20 Jul 2004 12:56 PDT

If the movie you're speaking of is "Les Invasions Barbares," or "The
Barbarian Invasions," a 2003 film about a dying man and his family, I
can tell you the name and artist of the final song. Is this the
correct movie?

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Clarification of Question by bill29-ga on 20 Jul 2004 14:27 PDT

yes

Thanks for confirming that this is the right movie. The song is
"L'amitié," performed by Françoise Hardy.

I found this information in a post in an Internet Movie Database forum
about "The Barbarian Invasions":

"Can someone translate the final song or at least the gist of it. It
sounded very beautiful, but I think it should have been subtitled...

The song is called L'amitié, by Françoise Hardy... You can read the
original text of the song (and hear it) at:

http://www.fhardy.de/html/songtexte.html (choose L'amitié). 

Here is a rough translation : 

Friendship 

Many of my friends came from the clouds 
With sun and rain as their only bagage 
They made the season of sincere friendships 
The most beautiful season among the four on earth 

They have the sweetness of the most beautiful landscapes 
And the faithfulness of birds of passage 
In their heart is engraved an infinite tenderness 
But sometimes in their eyes creeps sadness 

Then they come to warm up at my place 
and you too, you will come 

You will be able to go back at the end of the clouds 
And again smile to many other faces 
Give around you a little of you tenderness 
When another one will want to hide his sadness from you 

Since one doesn't know what life gives us 
It is possible that myself I am not anybody anymore 
If I still have a friend who really understands me 
I will forget both my tears and my sorrows 

Then maybe I will come to your place 
To warm up my heart to your fire"  

Internet Movie Database
http://imdb.com/title/tt0338135/board/flat/5161590?d=5161590#5161590

Here is confirmation that the song is indeed "L'amitié," sung by Françoise Hardy:

"I watched the gorgeous French-Canadian film The Barbarian Invasions.
I loved the end credits song, L'amitie sung by Francoise Hardy which
was very appropriate for the movie."

Deconstructing the Zeugma
http://individual.utoronto.ca/dkao/2004/07/i-watched-gorgeous-french-canadian.html

Here you'll find a concert clip of Françoise Hardy singing "L'amitié"
(RealAudio format):

Rolf Ludwig's Françoise Hardy Site 
http://www.fhardy.de/ram/lamitie_live3.ram

Google search strategy:

Google Web Search: "barbarian invasions" l'amitie OR l'amitié hardy 
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=%22barbarian+invasions%22+l%27amitie+OR+l%27amiti%C3%A9+hardy

I hope this helps! If anything is unclear, or if a link doesn't work
for you, please request clarification; I'll gladly offer further
assistance before you rate my answer.

Best regards,
pinkfreud