Director: Denys Arcand

Cast: Alexandre Landry, Maripier Morin, Rémy Girard

Rating: M18 - strong violence, sexual content/nudity and language

At 36, despite a doctorate in philosophy, Pierre-Paul Daoust is a driver for a delivery company. One day, he witnesses a heist that goes wrong, killing two gangsters. He finds himself alone with two huge sports bags stuffed with tickets. Millions of dollars. The irresistible power of money will shake up his altruistic values ​​and set in his path a bewitching escort girl, a perceptive ex-convict and a rogue business lawyer. After The Decline of the American Empire and the Barbarian Invasions, The Fall of the American Empire thus closes the trilogy of director Denys Arcand.

127mins

In French with English subtitles

France, 2019

Drama, Comedy 

Co-presented by


As part of the Canadian Film Festival 2020