The Decline of the American Empire (1986)
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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $1,800,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $30,000,000.00 |
| Original Language | fr |
| Popularity | 1.0347 |
Directed By
Denys Arcand
Crew
Denys Arcand
Denys Arcand
Monique Miranda
Louis Craig
Jacques W. Benoit
Serge Bouthillier
Gaétan Noiseux
Diane Boucher
Roger Martin
François Dompierre
Gaudeline Sauriol
Gabriel Arcand
Denis Sperdouklis
Monique Fortier
Micheline Trépanier
Jean-Claude Lauzon
Catherine Ruelle
Roger Frappier
René Malo
Yvon Rivard
Guy Dufaux
Adrian Croll
Louise Vandelac
Mark Blandford
Monique Proulx
Gaudeline Sauriol
Jean-Pierre Joutel
Richard Besse
Paul Dion
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
Gabriel Arcand
Mario
Évelyn Regimbald
Theresa
Alexandre Remy
Transvestite
Jean-Paul Bongo
Mustafa
Jean-Michel Dufaux
Extra (Uncredited)
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