Maxim Roy, Maripier Morin, and Alexandre Landry in The Fall of the American Empire (2018)

The Fall of the American Empire

Original title: La chute de l'empire américain
Movie2018• R• 2h 7m
ComedyCrimeDrama
⭐ 6.9 / 10(4,589)

A shy and insecure delivery truck driver accidentally arrives on the scene of a major crime and picks up two bags of cash and hides them. Only the help of a prostitute and a former biker released from jail might get him out of trouble.

Rated
R
Runtime
2h 7m
Released
2018
Country
Canada

Details

Release year: 2018

Storyline

A shy and insecure delivery truck driver accidentally arrives on the scene of a major crime and picks up two bags of cash and hides them. Only the help of a prostitute and a former biker released from jail might get him out of trouble.

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Did you know

• Benoît Brière and Gaston Lepage reprise their roles from Joyeux Calvaire (1996), also directed by Denys Arcand.

• Maripier Morin's husband, former hockey player Brandon Prust, has a small role in this movie as a waiter.

• The film's premiere was at TIFF in Toronto in September 2018.

Box Office

Gross (Domestic): $2,178,460

Opening Weekend (Domestic): $338,216 (2018-07-01)

User reviews

⭐ 8/10

deliciously amoral

👍 11 · 5/4/2020
⭐ 7/10

Denys Arcand's latest opus is worth checking out

👍 16 · 7/22/2019
⭐ 8/10

A sarcastic and real portrait of the society

👍 23 · 4/29/2019

Technical specs

Sound mix
Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio
2.39 : 1
Color
Color
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