The Decline of the American Empire (1986)

  • NR
  • 06/19/1986 (US)
  • Comedy, Drama
  • 1h 41m

Overview

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.

Denys Arcand

Director, Screenplay

Catherine Ruelle

Writer

Gabriel Arcand

Writer

Yvon Rivard

Writer

Louise Vandelac

Writer

Jean-Claude Lauzon

Writer

Mark Blandford

Writer

Monique Proulx

Writer

Cast

Dominique Michel's headshot

Dominique Michel

Dominique
Dorothée Berryman's headshot

Dorothée Berryman

Louise
Louise Portal's headshot

Louise Portal

Diane
Pierre Curzi's headshot

Pierre Curzi

Pierre
Rémy Girard's headshot

Rémy Girard

Rémy
Yves Jacques's headshot

Yves Jacques

Claude
Geneviève Rioux's headshot

Geneviève Rioux

Danielle
Daniel Brière's headshot

Daniel Brière

Alain

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