The Fall of the American Empire
PG-15 / 128 mins / Canada / French
Genre
Drama
Producer
Denise Robert
Director
Denys Arcand
Writer
Denys Arcand
Cast
Alexandre Landry, Maripier Morin, Remy Girard, Pierre Curzi
Release date
Pierre-Paul Daoust, 36, an intellectual with a PhD in philosophy, is forced to work as a delivery man to afford a decent living. One day, while delivering a parcel, he gets caught in a hold up gone terribly wrong: two dead and millions in money bags laying on the ground. Pierre-Paul is confronted with a dilemma - leave empty handed, or take the money and run?
This new Denys Arcand film takes a witty yet touching look at, as only Arcand knows how, the predominance of money in a society where all other values seem to have crumbled.