The Decline of the American Empire (1986)1h41
Comedy · Drama
Director Denys Arcand (6.8 avg)
Also directed The Barbarian Invasions, The Fall of the American Empire, Jesus of Montreal, and 26 more
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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Cast
Dominique Michel
Dorothée Berryman
Louise Portal
Pierre Curzi
Rémy Girard
Yves Jacques
Geneviève Rioux
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