The Fall of the American Empire (2018)
Overview
A shy and insecure delivery driver arrives on the scene of a robbery-gone-wrong and picks up two bags of cash and hides them in his truck. He is interrogated by two tough police detectives and manages to evade suspicion but he is warned that whoever owns the money will be looking for it. Only the help of a prostitute and a former biker recently released from jail might get him out of trouble.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
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| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | fr |
| Popularity | 7.152 |
Directed By
Denys Arcand
Crew
Denys Arcand
Van Royko
Denys Arcand
Arthur Tarnowski
Martin C. Desmarais
Michèle Forest
Marie-Claude Gagné
Louis Gignac
Mathieu Lussier
Lucie Robitaille
Victor Loewy
Denise Robert
Patrice Bengle
Sophie Lefebvre
Martine Desroches
Louis Dufort
Anne Sirois
Dominique Besnehard
Christian Ménard
Patrick Roy
TOP CAST
Alexandre Landry
Pierre-Paul Daoust
Maripier Morin
Aspasie / Camille Lafontaine
Rémy Girard
Sylvain 'The Brain' Bigras
Louis Morissette
Pete La Bauve
Maxim Roy
Carla McDuff
Pierre Curzi
Maître Wilbrod Taschereau
Vincent Leclerc
Jean-Claude
Patrick Abellard
Jamel Rosabert
Florence Longpré
Linda Demers
Eddy King
Vladimir François
Paul Doucet
Le docteur Pierre-Yves Maranda - le radiologiste
Denis Bouchard
Gilles Sainte-Marie - le sous-ministre
Yan England
Jimmy
David Savard
Steph
Rose-Marie Perreault
Natasha
Catherine Paquin-Béchard
Gemma
Claude Legault
L'informateur de la police
Éric Bruneau
L'enquêteur Plamondon
James Hyndman
Le prof de fiscalité
Benoît Brière
Joseph
Gaston Lepage
Marcel
Laurent Paquin
Le surveillant de la compagnie de livraison
François Dompierre
Le chef de la chorale Le Parcours
Anoulith Sintharaphone
Duc Thuy
Kémy St-Éloy
Chenier Augustin
Marcello Di Fruscia
Le vendeur
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