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The Decline of the American Empire (1986)
Directed by Denys Arcand
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.
Length 101 minutes
Actors
Dominique Michel | Dorothée Berryman | Louise Portal | Pierre Curzi | Rémy Girard | Yves Jacques | Geneviève Rioux | Daniel Brière | Gabriel Arcand | Évelyn Regimbald | Lisette Guertin | Alexandre Remy | Ariane Frédérique | Jean-Paul Bongo | Jean-Michel Dufaux