Movie
The Decline of the American Empire
A spontaneously funny sex comedy!
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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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.
More about The Decline of the American Empire
Cast
Dominique MichelDominique
Dorothée BerrymanLouise
Louise PortalDiane
Pierre CurziPierre
Rémy GirardRémy
Yves JacquesClaude
Geneviève RiouxDanielle
Daniel BrièreAlainCredits
- Directed by
- Denys Arcand
- Written by
- Jean-Claude Lauzon, Gabriel Arcand, Monique Proulx, Mark Blandford, Yvon Rivard, Catherine Ruelle, Louise Vandelac, Denys Arcand
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- French
- Original title
- Le Déclin de l'empire américain
- Collection
- The Decline of the American Empire Collection
- Budget
- $1.8M
- Box office
- $30M
Production
- Corporation Image M & M
- Societe Radio Cinema
ONF | NFBCanada- Malofilm
- La Societe Generale du Cinema du QuebecCanada
Téléfilm CanadaCanada
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