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The Decline of the American Empire
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Title: The Decline of the American Empire

Release Date: 19 Jun 1986

Runtime: 1h 41m

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Director: Corporation Image M & M, Societe Radio Cinema

Production Companies: Corporation Image M & M, Societe Radio Cinema

Overview: 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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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.8 (151 votes)

Cast

  • Dominique: Dominique Michel
  • Louise: Dorothée Berryman
  • Diane: Louise Portal
  • Pierre: Pierre Curzi
  • Rémy: Rémy Girard
  • Claude: Yves Jacques
  • Danielle: Geneviève Rioux
  • Alain: Daniel Brière
  • Mario: Gabriel Arcand
  • Theresa: Évelyn Regimbald
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