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The Decline of the American Empire(1986)
Status: Released
Date: 1986-06-19
67%
173 Votes
Time: 1h 41m
A spontaneously funny sex comedy!
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.
Languages: English, French.
Countries:
Canada
Budget: $1,800,000.00
Revenue: $30,000,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Corporation Image M & M
Societe Radio Cinema
Malofilm
La Societe Generale du Cinema du Quebec
Movie: The Decline of the American Empire
Top 10 Billed Cast
Dominique Michel
Dominique
Dorothée Berryman
Louise
Louise Portal
Diane
Pierre Curzi
Pierre
Rémy Girard
Rémy
Yves Jacques
Claude
Geneviève Rioux
Danielle
Daniel Brière
Alain
Gabriel Arcand
Mario
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