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Meet the Barbarians
May, 20 2025 | 7:00 PM | Sebastiani Theatre
Audience Award Winner, Best Film, Sonoma International Film Festival!
Julie Delpy directs and stars in this razor-sharp satire about a well-meaning French village excited to welcome Ukrainian refugees—until they discover they’re hosting a family from somewhere else. Hilarity ensues as cultural expectations collide in this timely, bitingly funny film.
Ticket includes wine tasting | Doors Open at 6:15 pm, Film Starts Promptly at 7:00 pm
Details
- Year 2024
- Runtime 101 minutes
- Language French, Ukranian
- Subtitles English
- Country France
- Awards Audience Award, Best Feature, Sonoma International Film Festival
- Director Julie Delpy
- Screenwriter Julie Delpy, Matthieu Rumani, Nicolas Slomka
- Producer Michael Gentile
- Cast Julie Delpy, Ziad Bakri, Jean-Charles Clichet, India Hair, Dalia Naous, Mathieu Demy, Marc Fraize, Rita Hayek, Fares Helou, Emilie Gavois-Kahn, Albert Delpy
- Cinematographer George Lechaptois
- Editor George Lechaptois
- Sound Design Julien Sicart, Victor Praud, Tristan Pontecaille
Location
Sebastiani Theatre
476 1st Street East
The Sebastiani Theatre Foundation is dedicated to offering first-class performing arts, films and creative educational programs that inspire and entertain the entire community while preserving and enhancing Sonoma’s treasured, historic Theatre for the enjoyment of current and future generations.