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The Fall of the American Empire

The Fall of the American Empire

After the decline...

20186.52h 7m

Overview

A shy and insecure delivery driver arrives on the scene of a robbery-gone-wrong and picks up two bags of cash and hides them in his truck. He is interrogated by two tough police detectives and manages to evade suspicion but he is warned that whoever owns the money will be looking for it. Only the help of a prostitute and a former biker recently released from jail might get him out of trouble.

Directed by Denys Arcand
Written by Denys Arcand
Produced by Denise Robert
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Top Cast

Alexandre Landry

Alexandre Landry

Pierre-Paul Daoust

Maripier Morin

Maripier Morin

Aspasie / Camille Lafontaine

Rémy Girard

Rémy Girard

Sylvain 'The Brain' Bigras

Louis Morissette

Louis Morissette

Pete La Bauve

Maxim Roy

Maxim Roy

Carla McDuff

Pierre Curzi

Pierre Curzi

Maître Wilbrod Taschereau

Vincent Leclerc

Vincent Leclerc

Jean-Claude

Patrick Abellard

Patrick Abellard

Jamel Rosabert

Florence Longpré

Florence Longpré

Linda Demers

Eddy King

Eddy King

Vladimir François

Themes & Keywords

prostitutemoral conflictmontreal, canadabotched robberydelivery manex-prisonerbiker gangdelivery trucklure of easy moneyprostitutamontreal

About The Fall of the American Empire

The Fall of the American Empire is a comedy, crime, drama, thriller film released in 2018 exploring themes of prostitute, moral conflict, montreal, canada, botched robbery, delivery man, ex-prisoner. Directed by Denys Arcand, it stars Alexandre Landry, Maripier Morin, Rémy Girard. A shy and insecure delivery driver arrives on the scene of a robbery-gone-wrong and picks up two bags of cash and hides them in his truck. He is interrogated by two tough police detectives and manages to evade suspicion but he is warned that whoever owns the money will be looking for it. Only the help of a prostitute and a former biker recently released from jail might get him out of trouble.

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