The Decline of the American Empire
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.
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Québec / French
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Festival History
- Academy Awards 1987 academy_award
- Cannes Film Festival 1986 generic
- São Paulo International Film Festival 1986 generic
- Toronto International Film Festival 1986 generic
Titles
| Original title | LE DÉCLIN DE L'EMPIRE AMÉRICAIN | French |
| Translated title | The Decline of the American Empire | English, Québec |
| Alternate title | Der Untergang des amerikanischen Imperiums | |
| Alternate title | El Declive del imperio americano | |
| Alternate title | Il Declino dell'impero americano | |
| Alternate title | Le Déclin et la chute de l'empire américain | |
| Alternate title | Conversation scabreuse |
Versions & editions
| Original version (French) |
Full credits
| Director | Denys Arcand |
| Cast | Gabriel Arcand, Dorothée Berryman, Daniel Brière, Pierre Curzi, Rémy Girard, Yves Jacques, Dominique Michel, Louise Portal, Geneviève Rioux |
| Screenplay | Denys Arcand |
| Producer | Roger Frappier, René Malo |
| Executive producer | Pierre Gendron |
| Cinematography | Guy Dufaux, Jacques Leduc |
| Editing | Monique Fortier |
| Music | François Dompierre |
| Production design | Gaudeline Sauriol |
| Sound | Jean-Pierre Joutel, Paul Dion, Richard Besse, Adrian Croll |
| Costumes | Denis Sperdouklis |
Source: Cinémathèque québécoise, linked catalogue data (CC BY 4.0)
Source: Ministère de la Culture et des Communications du Québec (CC0-1.0)
