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The Decline of the American Empire

The Decline of the American Empire

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 19, 1986

Runtime

1h 41m

Genres

Comedy, Drama

User Score

68%

Original Title

Le Déclin de l'empire américain

Production Companies

Corporation Image M & M, Societe Radio Cinema

Director

Denys Arcand

Description

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.