The Decline of the American Empire (1986)

The Decline of the American Empire

Original title: Le déclin de l'empire américain
Movie1986• R• 1h 41m
ComedyDrama
⭐ 7.1 / 10(9,148)

Secrets are shared and spilled when a group of academics and their partners spend a weekend at a country retreat.

Rated
R
Runtime
1h 41m
Released
1986
Country
Canada

Details

Release year: 1986

Storyline

Secrets are shared and spilled when a group of academics and their partners spend a weekend at a country retreat.

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Awards

0 wins & 1 nomination

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Did you know

• The house in which the majority of the events take place, in Magog, burned down in 1989, was later rebuilt. The scene in which one of the women characters is having sex, seen through a window from outside, was actually shot through a garage window. The actress was sitting on the snow tires which the owner of the house stored in the garage. She told him that, thanks to the tires, it was one of the most comfortable scenes she had ever done.

• The first ever Canadian film to be nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award.

• Received a 20 minute standing ovation when it premiered at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival.

Box Office

Gross (Domestic): $1,902,706

User reviews

⭐ 8/10

A serious comedy

👍 23 · 7/24/2006
⭐ 8/10

This movie is *not* about sex!

👍 10 · 4/21/2015
⭐ 8/10

Witty and Entertaining

👍 17 · 12/10/2003

Technical specs

Sound mix
Mono
Aspect ratio
1.85 : 1
Color
Color
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