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The Decline of the American Empire (1986)

The Decline of the American Empire (1986)

Drama Comedy

A spontaneously funny sex comedy!

Release Date: 1986, June 19
Directors: Denys Arcand
Countries: Canada
Production: Corporation Image M & M, Societe Radio Cinema, ONF | NFB, Malofilm, La Societe Generale du Cinema du Quebec, Téléfilm Canada, Société Radio-Canada
Cast: Rémy Girard, Yves Jacques, Dominique Michel, Louise Portal, Dorothée Berryman, Pierre Curzi, Daniel Briere, Gabriel Arcand, Geneviève Rioux, Évelyn Regimbald, Alexandre Remy, Jean-Paul Bongo

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.