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