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Summary

In this belated sequel to 'The Decline of the American Empire', middle-aged Montreal college professor, Remy, learns that he is dying of liver cancer. His ex-wife, Louise, asks their estranged son, Sebastian, a successful businessman living in London, to come home. Sebastian makes the impossible happen, using his contacts and disrupting the Canadian healthcare system in every way possible to help his father fight his terminal illness to the bitter end, while reuniting some of Remy's old friends, including Pierre, Alain, Dominique, Diane, and Claude, who return to see their friend before he passes on.

Details

Release Date: September 24, 2003

Runtime: 99 minutes

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Rating: 7.1/10 (376 votes)


The Decline of the American Empire Collection

  • The Decline of the American Empire

    The Decline of the American Empire

    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.

  • The Barbarian Invasions

    The Barbarian Invasions

    In this belated sequel to 'The Decline of the American Empire', middle-aged Montreal college professor, Remy, learns that he is dying of liver cancer. His ex-wife, Louise, asks their estranged son, Sebastian, a successful businessman living in London, to come home. Sebastian makes the impossible happen, using his contacts and disrupting the Canadian healthcare system in every way possible to help his father fight his terminal illness to the bitter end, while reuniting some of Remy's old friends, including Pierre, Alain, Dominique, Diane, and Claude, who return to see their friend before he passes on.

  • Days of Darkness

    Days of Darkness

    Jean-Marc is a man without qualities living in times that are out of joint. His wife and children ignore him; he's a mid-level government functionary in Montreal doing his job without care. He has an active imagination of sexual conquest, but his only real feelings come when he visits his aged mother, whose health is failing. When his wife leaves abruptly to work in Toronto, Jean-Marc sets out to reorder things with his daughters, his social life, and at work. In a world that at best is a farce, does he stand a chance?


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Cast

  • Rémy Girard

    Rémy Girard

    Rémy

  • Stéphane Rousseau

    Stéphane Rousseau

    Sébastien

  • Marie-Josée Croze

    Marie-Josée Croze

    Nathalie

  • Dorothée Berryman

    Dorothée Berryman

    Louise

  • Louise Portal

    Louise Portal

    Diane Leonard

  • Dominique Michel

    Dominique Michel

    Dominique St. Arnaud

  • Pierre Curzi

    Pierre Curzi

    Pierre Citrouillard

  • Yves Jacques

    Yves Jacques

    Claude

  • Marina Hands

    Marina Hands

    Gaëlle

  • Sophie Lorain

    Sophie Lorain

    First Lover

  • Johanne-Marie Tremblay

    Johanne-Marie Tremblay

    Sister Constance Lazure

  • Mitsou Gélinas

    Mitsou Gélinas

    Ghislaine

  • Isabelle Blais

    Isabelle Blais

    Sylvaine

  • Markita Boies

    Markita Boies

    Nurse Suzanne

  • Micheline Lanctôt

    Micheline Lanctôt

    Nurse Carole

  • Denis Bouchard

    Denis Bouchard

    Duhamel

  • Sylvie Drapeau

    Sylvie Drapeau

    Second Lover

  • Dominic Darceuil

    Dominic Darceuil

    Maxime

  • Gilles Pelletier

    Gilles Pelletier

    Priest Raymond Leclerc

  • Jean-René Ouellet

    Jean-René Ouellet

    Dr. Dubé

  • Macha Grenon

    Macha Grenon

    Arielle

  • Gaston Lepage

    Gaston Lepage

    Security Guard

  • Daniel Brière

    Daniel Brière

    Alain Lussier

  • Sébastien Huberdeau

    Sébastien Huberdeau

    Vincent

  • Rose-Maïté Erkoreka

    Rose-Maïté Erkoreka

    Student

  • Roy Dupuis

    Roy Dupuis

    Gilles Levac

  • Sébastien Ricard

    Sébastien Ricard

    Jérôme

  • Frédéric Gilles

    Frédéric Gilles

    Cowboy

  • Lise Roy

    Lise Roy

    Mme. Joncas-Pelletier

  • Inés Orsini

    Inés Orsini

    Lúcia

  • David Gow

    David Gow

  • Dawn Lambing

    Dawn Lambing

  • Valérie Jeanneret

    Valérie Jeanneret

  • Valérie Wiseman

    Valérie Wiseman

  • Julie Beauchemin

    Julie Beauchemin

  • Fanny Mallette

    Fanny Mallette

    (uncredited)

  • Françoise Hardy

    Françoise Hardy

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Julie Christie

    Julie Christie

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Chris Evert

    Chris Evert

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)