How to watch the The Decline of the American Empire films in order
There are 3 The Decline of the American Empire films, about 5.1 hours in total. The first was released in 1986, the latest in 2007. Watching in release order is the safest way to meet the story as audiences did.
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The Decline of the American Empire (1986)
19 Jun 1986 · 101 min
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 gi
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The Barbarian Invasions (2003)
1 May 2003 · 99 min
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
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Days of Darkness (2007)
26 Sep 2007 · 104 min
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
Order and dates from TMDB collection data. Unreleased entries are added once they get a release date.