The Decline of the American Empire
1NomDirected by Denys Arcand
Synopsis
Four very different Montreal university teachers gather at a rambling country house to prepare a dinner. Remy (married), Claude (a homosexual), Pierre (involved with a girlfriend) and Alain (a bachelor) discuss sex, the female body and their affairs with them. Meanwhile, their four female guests, Louise (Remy's wife of 15 years), Dominique (a spinster), Diane (a divorcée) and Danielle (Pierre's girlfriend) are spending the time at a downtown health gym. They also discuss sex, the female body and, naturally, men. Later in the evening, they finally meet at the country house and have dinner. A ninth guest, named Mario, who used to know Diane, drops in on the group for some talk and has a surprise of his own.
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Details
- Released
- 19 June 1986
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Director
- Denys Arcand
- Writers
- Denys Arcand, Catherine Ruelle, Gabriel Arcand, Yvon Rivard, Louise Vandelac, Jean-Claude Lauzon, Mark Blandford, Monique Proulx
- Budget
- $1,800,000
- Box office
- $30,000,000
- Countries
- Canada
- Languages
- English, French
- Production
- Corporation Image M & M, Societe Radio Cinema, ONF | NFB, Malofilm, La Societe Generale du Cinema du Quebec, Téléfilm Canada, Société Radio-Canada
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Cast
Dominique Michel
Dorothée Berryman
Louise Portal
Pierre Curzi
Rémy Girard
Yves Jacques
Geneviève Rioux
Daniel Brière
Gabriel Arcand- ÉÉvelyn Regimbald