The Decline of the American Empire (1986) Le déclin de l'empire américain
The Decline of the American Empire (1986)
BDRip 720p | MKV | 1280x720 | x264 @ 7000 Kbps | 101 min | 5,56 Gb
Audio: Français AC3 5.1 @ 640 Kbps + English dub AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps
Subtitles: English (embedded)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
BDRip 720p | MKV | 1280x720 | x264 @ 7000 Kbps | 101 min | 5,56 Gb
Audio: Français AC3 5.1 @ 640 Kbps + English dub AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps
Subtitles: English (embedded)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director: Denys Arcand
Writers: Denys Arcand, Gabriel Arcand (collaborating writer)
Stars: Dominique Michel, Dorothée Berryman, Louise Portal
You've never seen a sex comedy quite like The Decline of the American Empire. That's because there's no sex in this comedy – just a lot of entertaining talk about it (and a few discreet flashbacks). The speakers are eight Montreal academics. For most of the film, the men – Rémy (Rémy Girard), Claude (Yves Jacques), Pierre (Pierre Curzi), and Alain (Daniel Brière) – fix dinner while talking about sex. The women – Dominique (Dominique Michel), Louise (Dorothée Berryman), Diane (Louise Portal), and Danielle (Geneviève Rioux) – work out while talking about sex. That evening, they all gather for dinner… and talk about sex.
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.
IMDB - Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 13 wins
Each time I see this film, I know how truly wonderful cinema can be at its best. This film, which amazingly is 16 years old (don't know where the time went - frightening!!) is still as fresh, witty and engrossing as it ever was. The story revolves about a group of academics, getting ready to attend a dinner party, the men and women separately(prior to the dinner) discussing with each other their lives loves hopes and fears - sounds dull doesn't it? Well dont you believe it!! Considering its such a dialogue based film, the time flies by due to the superb performances by all involved. Yves Jacques is outstanding as the gay character, whose facial expressions and body language in the film convey what only an actor of the finest calibre could. Louise Portal as the unattached woman longing for a meaningful relationship is also worth a mention amongst the cast. I enjoyed this film so much, that I turned my rusty 'o' level French into fluency so that I could appreciate other French language movies fully, prompted my first visit of several to Montreal where once I actually, believe it or not, bumped into Remy Girard (one of the actors) in the street and started a lasting love of non-English speaking /and or art house movies when previously I had only watched popular box office. I can't guarantee you will love this movie as much as I do, but if you approach it with an open mind, I am sure that you will thoroughly enjoy it.
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The Decline of the American Empire (1986) Le déclin de l'empire américain
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