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The Decline of the American Empire
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6.8
156 reviews
Comedy/Drama
1h 41m
1986

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)...

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The Decline of the American Empire
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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.

  • DirectorDenys Arcand
  • Release19 June 1986
  • Genre
  • Duration1h 41m
  • Budget$1,800,000
  • Revenue$30,000,000
  • Rate
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    6.8
    156 reviews
  • Productions

    Corporation Image M & M, Societe Radio Cinema, ONF | NFB, Malofilm, La Societe Generale du Cinema du Quebec, Téléfilm Canada, Société Radio-Canada

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