127 minutes – Drama
Release date: June 28, 2018 (Québec)
Release date: May 31, 2019 (Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver)
Canadian distributor: Les Films Séville
U.S. distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Inspired and/or loosely based on a 2010 shooting in the Old Montreal district of that city, La chute de l’empire américain (The Fall of the American Empire) tells the story of Pierre Paul Daoust (Alexandre Landry). Single and lonely, Daoust holds a doctorate in philosophy from McGill University, but works for a delivery company. While taking a parcel to a women’s clothing boutique he comes upon the scene of an armed robbery which has gone terribly wrong. Two people are dead. Daoust is confronted by two sports bags filled with Canadian banknotes. He is then faced with a dilemma: to take the money bags or not?
Trailer and poster courtesy of Les Films Séville.
Also see: Inside Québec – Summer 2018.
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| Crew:
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| Producer:
| Denise Robert
Daniel Louis
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| Director:
| Denys Arcand
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| Screenwriter:
| Denys Arcand
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| Story Editor:
| Marjorie Hamel (Script Supervisor)
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| Cinematographer:
| Nathalie Moliavko-Visotzky
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| Editor:
| Isabelle Dedieu
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| Composer:
| Pierre‐Philippe Côté
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| Art Director:
| Patrice Bengle
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| Costume Designer:
| Marie‐Chantale Vaillancourt
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| Cast: |
Roles:
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Alexandre Landry
Maripier Morin
Rémy Girard
Louis Morissette
Maxim Roy
Pierre Curzi
Vincent Leclerc
Patrick Émmanuel Abellard
Florence Longpré
Eddy King
Benoit Brière
Gaston Lepage
Alain Goulem
Dominique Bertrand
Laurent Paquin
Yan England
Paul Doucet
Geneviève Schmidt
David Savard
James Hyndman
Éric Bruneau
Claude Legault
Mariev Rodrig
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Pierre-Paul Daoust
Aspasie / Camille Lafontaine
Sylvain ‘The Brain’ Bigras
Pete La Bauve
Carla McDuff
Maître Wilbrod Taschereau
Jean-Claude
Jacmel Rosabert
Linda Demers
Vladimir François
Joseph
Marcel
Sean Harrington
La réceptionniste de Maître Taschereau
Le surveillant de la compagnie de livraison
Jimmy
Le docteur Pierre-Yves Maranda – le radiologiste
Steph
Le prof de fiscalité
L’enquêteur Plamondon
L’informateur de la police
Jeune escorte
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