The Decline of the American Empire (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) 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.
Director:
Denys Arcand
Writer:
Denys Arcand
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Dominique Michel as Dominique |
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Dorothée Berryman as Louise |
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Louise Portal as Diane |
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Pierre Curzi as Pierre |
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Rémy Girard as Rémy |
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Yves Jacques as Claude |
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Geneviève Rioux as Danielle |
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Daniel Brière as Alain |
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Gabriel Arcand as Mario |
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Évelyn Regimbald as Theresa |
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Lisette Guertin as |
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Alexandre Remy as Transvestite |
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Ariane Frédérique as |
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Jean-Paul Bongo as Mustafa |
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Jean-Michel Dufaux as Extra (Uncredited) |
| Directing | Denys Arcand | Director |
| Writing | Denys Arcand | Screenplay |
| Directing | Monique Miranda | Second Assistant Director |
| Visual Effects | Louis Craig | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Directing | Jacques W. Benoit | Assistant Director |
| Art | Serge Bouthillier | Title Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gaétan Noiseux | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Diane Boucher | Dialogue Editor |
| Lighting | Roger Martin | Gaffer |
| Sound | François Dompierre | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Gaudeline Sauriol | Production Design |
| Writing | Gabriel Arcand | Writer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Denis Sperdouklis | Costume Design |
| Editing | Monique Fortier | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Micheline Trépanier | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Jean-Claude Lauzon | Writer |
| Writing | Catherine Ruelle | Writer |
| Production | Roger Frappier | Producer |
| Production | René Malo | Producer |
| Writing | Yvon Rivard | Writer |
| Camera | Guy Dufaux | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Adrian Croll | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Writing | Louise Vandelac | Writer |
| Writing | Mark Blandford | Writer |
| Writing | Monique Proulx | Writer |
| Art | Gaudeline Sauriol | Art Direction |
| Sound | Jean-Pierre Joutel | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Richard Besse | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Paul Dion | Sound Editor |
