The Decline of the American Empire poster

The Decline of the American Empire

Le Déclin de l'empire américain

19861h 41mComedy · Drama
directed by Denys Arcand

“A spontaneously funny sex comedy!”

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6.7 / 10
177 votes
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7.1 / 10
8,826 votes
Metacritic
60 / 100
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86%

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Synopsis

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.

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