IMDb
7.1 /10
9k votes


Comedy · Drama · 1986 · 1h 41min
Le Déclin de l'empire américain
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.
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ONF | NFBMalofilmLa Societe Generale du Cinema du Quebec
Téléfilm Canada
Société Radio-CanadaThe Decline of the American Empire (1986) trailer
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IMDb
7.1 /10
9k votes
Rotten Tomatoes
The tomato isn't ripe
Metacritic took the day off
TMDB
6.7 /10
174 votes
Letterboxd
7.0 /10
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Weighted average
6.9/10