The Decline of the American Empire

Denys Arcand
1986-06-19


6.772
101 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Dominique Michel Dominique Unowned
Dorothée Berryman Louise Unowned
Louise Portal Diane Unowned
Pierre Curzi Pierre Unowned
Rémy Girard Rémy Unowned
Yves Jacques Claude Unowned
Geneviève Rioux Danielle Unowned
Daniel Brière Alain Unowned
Gabriel Arcand Mario Unowned
Évelyn Regimbald Theresa Unowned
Lisette Guertin Unowned
Alexandre Remy Transvestite Unowned
Ariane Frédérique Unowned
Jean-Paul Bongo Mustafa Unowned
Jean-Michel Dufaux Extra (Uncredited) Unowned