| The Fall of the American Empire | |
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 Film poster | |
| French | La chute de l'empire américain |
| Directed by | Denys Arcand |
| Written by | Denys Arcand |
| Produced by | Denise Robert |
| Starring | Maxim Roy Yan England Rémy Girard Anoulith Sintharaphone Maripier Morin Patrick Emmanuel Abellard |
| Cinematography | Van Royko |
| Edited by | Arthur Tarnowski |
| Distributed by | Les Films Séville[1] |
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| Country | Canada |
| Language | French |
The Fall of the American Empire (French: La chute de l'empire américain) is a 2018 Canadian crime thriller[3] film written and directed by Denys Arcand and starring Alexandre Landry, Maxim Roy, Yan England and Rémy Girard. It is about a man (Landry) who, after an armed robbery in Montreal, discovers two bags of money and is unsure what to do with them. Based on a 2010 Old Montreal shooting, it is thematically related, but not a direct sequel, to Arcand's 1986 The Decline of the American Empire and 2003 The Barbarian Invasions.[4]
The film was released in Quebec on 28 June. It subsequently screened at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival and at the Valladolid International Film Festival, where it won the FIPRESCI Prize.
- ^ "Sony Pictures Classics Circling 'Fall of the American Empire'". Variety. 13 May 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- ^ "Une première bande-annonce pour La chute de l'empire américain de Denys Arcand". Radio-Canada. 8 March 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
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