The Decline of the American Empire

The Decline of the American Empire (1986)

Released: 1986-06-19 Duration: 1hr 41min
Genres: Comedy Drama
Rating 6.8

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

Corporation Image M & M
Societe Radio Cinema

Additional Info

Budget $1,800,000.00
Revenue $30,000,000.00
Original Language fr
Popularity 3.53

Directed By

Denys Arcand

Crew

Director
Denys Arcand
Screenplay
Denys Arcand
Second Assistant Director
Monique Miranda
Special Effects Supervisor
Louis Craig
Assistant Director
Jacques W. Benoit
Title Designer
Serge Bouthillier
Hairstylist
Gaétan Noiseux
Dialogue Editor
Diane Boucher
Gaffer
Roger Martin
Original Music Composer
François Dompierre
Production Design
Gaudeline Sauriol
Costume Design
Denis Sperdouklis
Makeup Artist
Micheline Trépanier
Producer
Roger Frappier
Producer
René Malo
Sound Editor
Paul Dion
Writer
Yvon Rivard
Director of Photography
Guy Dufaux
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Adrian Croll
Art Direction
Gaudeline Sauriol
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Jean-Pierre Joutel
Sound Designer
Richard Besse

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