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The Fall of the American Empire
La chute de l'empire américain

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Directed by Denys Arcand
Produced by Denise Robert
Written by Denys Arcand
With: Alexandre Landry, Maripier Morin, Pierre Curzi, Maxim Roy, Juliette Gosselin, Éric Bruneau, Vincent Leclerc, Rémy Girard, and Florence Longpré
Cinematography: Van Royko
Editing: Arthur Tarnowski
Music: Louis Dufort and Mathieu Lussier
Runtime: 127 min
Release Date: 31 May 2019
Aspect Ratio: 2.39 : 1
Color: Color
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Entertaining crime fantasy about an intellectual deliveryman caught up in major heists of both street level and international finance. Pedantic and cynical but also oddly compelling for such a slow-moving thriller.