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The Fall of the American Empire
The Fall of the American Empire

The Fall of the American Empire

After the decline...

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ComedyCrimeDramaThriller

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A shy and insecure delivery driver 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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

French

Runtime

127 mins

Rating

6.555/10

Release Date

28 June 2018

Country

Canada

Cast

Alexandre Landry

Alexandre Landry

Pierre-Paul Daoust

Maripier Morin

Maripier Morin

Aspasie / Camille Lafontaine

Rémy Girard

Rémy Girard

Sylvain 'The Brain' Bigras

Louis Morissette

Louis Morissette

Pete La Bauve

Maxim Roy

Maxim Roy

Carla McDuff

Pierre Curzi

Pierre Curzi

Maître Wilbrod Taschereau

Vincent Leclerc

Vincent Leclerc

Jean-Claude

Patrick Abellard

Patrick Abellard

Jamel Rosabert

Florence Longpré

Florence Longpré

Linda Demers

Eddy King

Eddy King

Vladimir François

Geneviève Schmidt

Geneviève Schmidt

Paul Doucet

Paul Doucet

Le docteur Pierre-Yves Maranda - le radiologiste

Denis Bouchard

Denis Bouchard

Gilles Sainte-Marie - le sous-ministre

Yan England

Yan England

Jimmy

David Savard

David Savard

Steph

Rose-Marie Perreault

Rose-Marie Perreault

Natasha

Alain Goulem

Alain Goulem

Catherine Paquin-Béchard

Catherine Paquin-Béchard

Gemma

Claude Legault

Claude Legault

L'informateur de la police

Éric Bruneau

Éric Bruneau

L'enquêteur Plamondon

James Hyndman

James Hyndman

Le prof de fiscalité

Benoît Brière

Benoît Brière

Joseph

Gaston Lepage

Gaston Lepage

Marcel

Laurent Paquin

Laurent Paquin

Le surveillant de la compagnie de livraison

François Dompierre

François Dompierre

Le chef de la chorale Le Parcours

Anoulith Sintharaphone

Anoulith Sintharaphone

Duc Thuy

Kémy St-Éloy

Kémy St-Éloy

Chenier Augustin

Marcello Di Fruscia

Marcello Di Fruscia

Le vendeur

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