| DECLINE OF THE AMERICAN EMPIRE | Director: |  Denys Arcand |
| | | Year Released: | 1986 | Jan's Rating: Rich's Rating: | 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 | Key Performances: | Dorothee Berryman
Pierre Curzi
Remy Girard
Yves Jacques
Dominique Michel
| | Movie Haiku: | Prequel to THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS (2003). Group of Montreal professors & their significant others spend a weekend together in the country. Highbrow rhetoric & lowbrow behavior collide, but when the crying is over, life goes on. Insightful depiction of the aspirations, disappointments & delusions of 60s era left-wing intellectuals at the peak of their power. |
ADDITIONAL FF2 INFO ABOUT THIS FILM: | Women filmmakers? | No | Jewish content? | No | Haiku Posted: | 2003 | |
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