Genres
Production Companies
Societe Radio Cinema
The Decline of the American Empire (Le Déclin de l'empire américain)
A spontaneously funny sex comedy!
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.
Key Crew
Director: Denys Arcand
Screenplay: Denys Arcand
Writer: Catherine Ruelle, Gabriel Arcand, Yvon Rivard, Louise Vandelac, Jean-Claude Lauzon, Mark Blandford, Monique Proulx
Producer: René Malo, Roger Frappier
Director of Photography: Guy Dufaux
Top Cast
Dominique Michel
Dominique
Dorothée Berryman
Louise
Louise Portal
Diane
Pierre Curzi
Pierre
Rémy Girard
Rémy
Yves Jacques
Claude
Geneviève Rioux
Danielle
Daniel Brière
Alain
Videos
The Decline of the American Empire (1986) trailer
