The Fall of the American Empire
A witty and sardonic satire about a young man whose life is changed when he finds two bags of cash after an armed robbery.
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?
This new film by director Denys Arcand (Les Invasions Barbares) takes a witty yet touching look at the predominance of money in a society where all other values seem to have crumbled. Arcand’s probing intelligence turns the film into a subtle investigation of contemporary society, a society where the old social contract that once underpinned our interactions proves hollow.