The Decline of the American Empire (1986)
Directed by Denys Arcand · 101 min · Comedy, Drama
35.0 TOPICAL score · #3,096 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
The Decline of the American Empire (1986, directed by Denys Arcand) has a TOPICAL score of 35.0 - ranked 3,096 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on awards and critics, and lowest on historical impact. It won 3 awards from 4 nominations, including the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Motion Picture. Critics: 86% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.3/10 critics' average. Audiences: TMDB 6.7/10 (183 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 19 languages.
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- Critics86% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.3/10 critics' average
- AudienceTMDB 6.7/10 (183 ratings)
- Awards3 wins, 4 nominations - incl. Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Motion Picture; Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Film; Prix Luc-Perreault
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 19 languages
- Still read3,870 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Dominique Michel, Dorothée Berryman, Louise Portal, Pierre Curzi
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