The Fall of the American Empire
Wednesday, Aug 14, 2019 7:45 PM
Open Caption Wednesday screening: August 14 at 7:45 PM.
The third part of a trilogy that Canadian filmmaker Denys Arcand began with The Decline of the American Empire and continued with The Barbarian Invasions.
Pierre-Paul Daoust, 36, an intellectual with a PhD in philosophy is forced to work as a deliveryman to afford a decent living. One day, while delivering a parcel, he gets caught in a hold up gone terribly wrong: two dead and millions in money bags laying on the ground. Pierre-Paul is confronted with a dilemma: leave empty handed, or take the money and run?