The Fall of the American Empire

The Fall of the American Empire

2018 · 127 min · FR · 6.6 (170 votes)
Dir. Denys Arcand · Starring Alexandre Landry, Maripier Morin, Rémy Girard, Louis Morissette, Maxim Roy, Pierre Curzi · Music Louis Dufort
ComedyCrimeDrama

A shy and insecure delivery driver (Landry) 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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A tense, morally ambiguous crime drama where desperation breeds bad decisions. It’s a gritty, darkly funny look at the allure of easy money and the slippery slope of consequence in Montreal's underbelly.

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