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The Decline of the American Empire (1986)
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Reviews Counted:12
Fresh:11
Rotten:1
Average Rating:7.3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: Acclaimed Canadian director Denys Arcand's witty comedy focuses on the marriages and affairs of eight intellectual friends. The group has plans to gather at a secluded house for dinner. While the... Acclaimed Canadian director Denys Arcand's witty comedy focuses on the marriages and affairs of eight intellectual friends. The group has plans to gather at a secluded house for dinner. While the four men prepare the food and reflect on their promiscuity, the four women discuss their own affairs at a nearby gym. At the dinner table, conflicts soon arise when Dominique, who teaches history at the local university, reveals that she herself has had affairs with two of the men there -- one of whom is married to Louise, also present. The entire evening turns into a disaster, with everyone at each other's throats. This Oscar-nominated Canadian film explores the subjects of marriage, infidelity and sex when a group of friendly intellectuals get together for a weekend in the country. [More]
Starring: Dominique Michel, Dorothee Berryman, Louise Portal, Genevieve Rioux
Starring: Dominique Michel, Dorothee Berryman, Louise Portal, Genevieve Rioux, Pierre Curzi, Remy Girard, Yves Jacques, Gabriel Arcand
Director: Denys Arcand
Director: Denys Arcand
Screenwriter: Denys Arcand
Producer: Roger Frappier, Pierre Gendron, Rene Malo
Reviews for The Decline of the American Empire
As a movie with a lot of clever talk about sex and love, this is pretty good. As a movie about the decline of the American empire it pales in comparison to the real thing.
instead of being wickedly funny, it's repellent before becoming a total snore
Give Empire credit for giving Woody Allen a run for his money in '86, but its force has all but vanished today.
Asks all the right questions about the sexual revolution and makes some interesting connections between eros and middle age.
There's very little plot in Decline of the American Empire...but when the dialogue is this good and the characters this compelling, that's not necessarily a bad thing.
Através de suas conversas casuais (embora com efeitos estudados), os personagens deste filme estabelecem um vivo retrato das relações humanas – especialmente do sexo, claro.
Arcand's message might not be the happy, happy, joy, joy we have come to expect from our movies but he does shed some truth, no matter how hard it might be to digest.
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