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The Decline of the American Empire (French: Le Déclin de l'empire Américain) is a 1986 Canadian sex comedy-drama film directed by Denys Arcand and starring Rémy Girard, Pierre Curzi and Dorothée Berryman.
A Canadian film about a group of academics and their partners who discuss sex and society over a weekend at a country retreat. The film explores themes of individual happiness, modern western culture, and the decline of the American empire through witty and satirical dialogue.
- Denys Arcand
- 2 min
Jan 21, 2021 · The author argues that the US is an empire that has expanded its power and control over other lands and peoples, and that it is facing signs of decline similar to ancient Rome. He cites economic inequality, military spending, political corruption, cultural divisions, and Covid-19 as indicators of the empire's weakness.
Aug 20, 2021 · Niall Ferguson on why the end of America’s empire won’t be peaceful. As it leaves Afghanistan in chaos, America’s decline mirrors Britain’s a century ago. It may also invite wider conflict,...
The Decline of the American Empire made the reputation of writer-director Denys Arcand, but his greatest success would arrive 17 years later with The Barbarian Invasions. In that 2003 Oscar-winner, Arcand revisits the lovably loquacious characters from the first film, all of whom are older, wiser--and just as obsessed with sex.
- (47)
- 1 hour and 37 minutes
- French
- DVD
Decline of the American Empire is Denys Arcand's best film, and at the time, the best ever to come out of Canada. (That crown now firmly belongs to Atom Egoyan's The Sweet Hereafter).
When a Montreal professor (Rémy Girard) and his wife (Dorothée Berryman) gather together six of their erudite friends for a holiday in the country, the conversation naturally turns...
- (14)
- Comedy, Drama
- R
