The Decline of the American Empire

Released

June 19, 1986

Runtime: 1h 41m

The Decline of the American Empire
FrenchComedyDrama

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 & Crew

  • Dominique Michel

    Dominique Michel

    Dominique

  • Dorothée Berryman

    Dorothée Berryman

    Louise

  • Louise Portal

    Louise Portal

    Diane

  • Pierre Curzi

    Pierre Curzi

    Pierre

  • Rémy Girard

    Rémy Girard

    Rémy

  • Yves Jacques

    Yves Jacques

    Claude

  • Geneviève Rioux

    Geneviève Rioux

    Danielle

  • Daniel Brière

    Daniel Brière

    Alain

  • Gabriel Arcand

    Gabriel Arcand

    Mario

  • ÉR

    Évelyn Regimbald

    Theresa

  • Lisette Guertin

    Lisette Guertin

  • AR

    Alexandre Remy

    Transvestite

  • AF

    Ariane Frédérique

  • JB

    Jean-Paul Bongo

    Mustafa

  • Jean-Michel Dufaux

    Jean-Michel Dufaux

    Extra (Uncredited)

  • Denys Arcand

    Denys Arcand

    Director

  • Denys Arcand

    Denys Arcand

    Screenplay

  • Gabriel Arcand

    Gabriel Arcand

    Writer

  • Jean-Claude Lauzon

    Jean-Claude Lauzon

    Writer

  • CR

    Catherine Ruelle

    Writer

  • YR

    Yvon Rivard

    Writer

  • LV

    Louise Vandelac

    Writer

  • MB

    Mark Blandford

    Writer

  • MP

    Monique Proulx

    Writer

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