The Decline of the American Empire

The Decline of the American Empire (1986)


  • Genre: Comedy, Drama
  • Release Date: 1986-06-19
  • User Rating: 6.8/10 from 149 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 41min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Corporation Image M & M
  • Production Country: Canada
  • Director: Denys Arcand
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From 149 Ratings

Summary

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.

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  • Dominique Michel

    as Dominique
  • Dorothée Berryman

    as Louise
  • Louise Portal

    as Diane
  • Pierre Curzi

    as Pierre
  • Rémy Girard

    as Rémy
  • Yves Jacques

    as Claude
  • Geneviève Rioux

    as Danielle
  • Daniel Brière

    as Alain
  • Gabriel Arcand

    as Mario
  • Évelyn Regimbald

    as Theresa
  • Lisette Guertin

    as
  • Alexandre Remy

    as Transvestite
  • Ariane Frédérique

    as
  • Jean-Paul Bongo

    as Mustafa
  • Jean-Michel Dufaux

    as Extra (Uncredited)
Directing Denys Arcand Director
Writing Denys Arcand Screenplay
Costume & Make-Up Gaétan Noiseux Hairstylist
Directing Jacques W. Benoit Assistant Director
Directing Monique Miranda Second Assistant Director
Sound Diane Boucher Dialogue Editor
Visual Effects Louis Craig Special Effects Supervisor
Lighting Roger Martin Gaffer
Art Serge Bouthillier Title Designer
Sound François Dompierre Original Music Composer
Writing Gabriel Arcand Writer
Writing Mark Blandford Writer
Writing Jean-Claude Lauzon Writer
Writing Monique Proulx Writer
Writing Yvon Rivard Writer
Writing Catherine Ruelle Writer
Writing Louise Vandelac Writer
Production Roger Frappier Producer
Production René Malo Producer
Camera Guy Dufaux Director of Photography
Editing Monique Fortier Editor
Art Gaudeline Sauriol Production Design
Art Gaudeline Sauriol Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up Denis Sperdouklis Costume Design
Costume & Make-Up Micheline Trépanier Makeup Artist
Sound Richard Besse Sound Designer
Sound Adrian Croll Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Sound Paul Dion Sound Editor
Sound Jean-Pierre Joutel Sound Re-Recording Mixer

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