Released
The Decline of the American Empire
June 19 1986 (over 38 years ago)Rating
68
Based on
151 reviews
- Director: Denys Arcand
- Writer: Denys Arcand
- Genres: Comedy, Drama
- Runtime: 1 h 41 m
- Budget: $1,800,000
- Box office: $30,000,000
- Country: Canada
- Companies: Corporation Image M & M, Societe Radio Cinema
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.
