The Decline of the American Empire (1986) [N/A]

Release Date:
June 19, 1986

Original Title:
Le Déclin de l'empire américain

Genres:
Comedy | Drama

Production Companies:
Corporation Image M & M
Societe Radio Cinema

Production Countries:
Canada

Ratings / Certifications:
CZ: 15+  DE: 18  HU: 16  IT: VM14  JP: R15+ 

Runtime: 101

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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Art Direction:
Gaudeline Sauriol

Assistant Director:
Jacques W. Benoit

Costume Design:
Denis Sperdouklis

Dialogue Editor:
Diane Boucher

Director:
Denys Arcand

Director of Photography:
Guy Dufaux

Editor:
Monique Fortier

Gaffer:
Roger Martin

Hairstylist:
Gaétan Noiseux

Makeup Artist:
Micheline Trépanier

Original Music Composer:
François Dompierre

Producer:
Roger Frappier
René Malo

Production Design:
Gaudeline Sauriol

Screenplay:
Denys Arcand

Second Assistant Director:
Monique Miranda

Sound Designer:
Richard Besse

Sound Editor:
Paul Dion

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Adrian Croll
Jean-Pierre Joutel

Special Effects Supervisor:
Louis Craig

Title Designer:
Serge Bouthillier

Writer:
Gabriel Arcand
Jean-Claude Lauzon
Catherine Ruelle
Yvon Rivard
Louise Vandelac
Mark Blandford
Monique Proulx

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