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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
Mark Blandford
Jean-Claude Lauzon
Monique Proulx
Yvon Rivard
Catherine Ruelle
Louise Vandelac
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