The Decline of the American Empire
19861h 41m6.7
Comedy, Drama
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Genre
- Comedy
- Budget
- $1,800,000
- Revenue
- $30,000,000
- Origin
- Canada
About
A spontaneously funny sex comedy!
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.
Where to watch
Availability from JustWatch via TMDB.
Details
- Director
- Denys Arcand
- Writing
- Denys Arcand, Catherine Ruelle, Gabriel Arcand
- Status
- Released
- Released
- Jun 19, 1986
- Budget
- $1.8M
- Box office
- $30.0M
- Studio
- Corporation Image M & M, Societe Radio Cinema
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
Lisette Guertin
Alexandre Remy
Transvestite
Ariane Frédérique
Jean-Paul Bongo
Mustafa
Jean-Michel Dufaux
Patineur (uncredited)
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