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The Decline of the American Empire (1986)
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The Decline of the American Empire (1986)
Original name: Le déclin de l'empire américain
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Four very different Montreal university teachers gather at a rambling country house to prepare a dinner. Remy (married), Claude (a homosexual), Pierre (involved with a girlfriend) and Alain (a bachelor) discuss sex, the female body and their affairs with them. Meanwhile, their four female guests, Louise (Remy's wife of 15 years), Dominique (a spinster), Diane (a divorcée) and Danielle (Pierre's girlfriend) are spending the time at a downtown health gym. They also discuss sex, the female body and, naturally, men. Later in the evening, they finally meet at the country house and have dinner. A ninth guest, named Mario, who used to know Diane, drops in on the group for some talk and has a surprise of his own.
Style: talky, humorous, sincere, realistic, semi serious, art house, sex comedy, independent film, cult classic, clever ...
Plot: infidelity, sex, sadomasochism, depression, love and romance, couples, battle of the sexes, couple relations, radical, human nature, dishonesty, relationships, friendship, time travel, lgbtq, gunfight, female nudity, male nudity, adultery, cooking, prostitution, old age, society, underdog, satire ...
Time: 80s
Place: canada, quebec, montreal, california, montreal quebec, montreal quebec canada
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The Barbarian Invasions (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 99 min.
Story: In this belated sequel to 'The Decline of the American Empire', 50-something Montreal college professor, Remy, learns that he is dying of liver cancer. He decides to make amends meet to his friends and family before he dies. He first tries ...
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Naked (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 100 min.
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Rio Sex Comedy (2010)
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Country: France, Brazil
Duration: 124 min.
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Drowning by Numbers (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Netherlands
Duration: 118 min.
Story: An ironic black comedy of love and death that takes place an a lyrically beautiful landscape. Three related women, all named Cissie Colpitts share a solidarity for one another which brings about three copy-cat drownings. The local coroner is in love ...
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Time: 80s
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The Cabin Movie (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
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Country: Canada, Spain, Japan
Duration: 116 min.
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Style: touching, romantic, emotional, sweet, semi serious ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
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Audience: date night
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Duration: 102 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
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Place: los angeles, california, usa
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Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
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Style: touching, melancholic, sincere, sexy, humorous ...
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Place: los angeles, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The concurrent sexual lives of best friends Jonathan and Sandy are presented, those lives which are affected by the sexual mores of the time and their own temperament, especially in relation to the respective women who end up in their lives.
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The Board (2006)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Duration: 109 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
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Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
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Duration: 92 min.
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Duration: 96 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 117 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, emotional
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20%
Dinner with Friends (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
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Style: talky, witty, realistic, sincere, clever ...
Audience: girls' night
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 85 min.
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Montenegro (1981)
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: Sweden, UK
Duration: 96 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
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Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious, witty, touching ...
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Time: 70s, year 2006, 20th century
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