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Synopsis: 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 to made peace with his ex-wife Louise, who asks their estranged son Sebastian, a successful businessman living in London, to come home. Sebastian makes the impossible happen, using his contacts and disrupting the entire Canadian system in every way possible to help his father fight his terminal illness to the bitter end, while he also tries to reunite his former friends, Pierre, Alain, Dominique, Diane, and Claude to see their old friend before he passes on.
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Denys Arcand
Production: Miramax
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 48 wins & 33 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.7
Metacritic:
70
Rotten Tomatoes:
81%
R
Year:
2003
99 min
Website
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But to be sure

l need a PET scan.

See if they can do it.

They can send it by satellite.

The saddest part is...

that l always remained,

how should l put it,

sexually unfulfilled.

l'm not trying

to make you feel guilty.

Positron Emission Tomography.

Sherbrooke has one,

but there's a 6-to-1 2-month waiting list.

Don't even try.

lsn't he going to Burlington today?

- Yes.

They have one, but it's expensive.

$2,000 U.S.

Cash or plastic.

- Money's no problem.

You're lucky.

Yeah.

You never listened to my body.

But l'm not laying a guilt...

Look, l have to get dressed.

Stop running away!

An ambulance is taking me

to Burlington in 1 0 minutes.

No more excuses!

- For my radiation therapy.

- No!

The machines here are too old.

Stop avoiding me,

it's too painful.

This is my son, Sbastien,

he's going with me.

She's...

a woman l used to know,

long ago.

l couldn't face coming alone.

You've never been here?

Never.

But you see each other

regularly.

Always on neutral ground.

Usually in restaurants.

Did he come to your place?

Occasionally.

But you never came here.

No. This was where

he brought his mistresses.

With luck,

we'll find some panties.

l'm glad Sbastien's

going with him today.

lt's important they talk.

Rmy left 1 5 years ago.

Back then, l was sure

l'd find someone else soon.

l gave myself a year, two, max.

l was still young, and fairly cute.

But l never found anyone.

l've bedded a few men -

that's not so hard to find -

but they were already married,

or had problems.

Or they were just plain dirty.

A lot of men don't bathe,

you know.

Yes, l know.

You know the proverb,

"Christmas in the scanner,

Easter six feet under."

Hello?

l have the scan.

lt doesn't look good.

Not good at all.

We can't be certain,

but the margin of error...

lt's almost nil.

ls he in a lot of pain?

Why don't you bring him here?

We don't perform miracles,

but he won't suffer. We'll make sure.

l'm sorry, buddy.

Baltimore's not far.

Seven hours by car,

an hour by plane.

l won't go into exile.

No goddamn way.

Wouldn't you like your own room,

chairs for visitors,

a bathroom, CDs?

What CDs?

So you can listen to music.

They have that

in civilized countries.

Know what that costs?

- Nothing. l'll look after it.

- l won't know a soul.

We'll all go tomorrow.

No, we won't.

l'm not going to the States,

to be murdered

by rabid Mohammedans.

He's crazy.

l voted for Medicare,

l'll accept the consequences.

Only idiots refuse to change.

l want to be with my friends.

Your friends? Where are they?

- Dominique's away, but Pierre--

- You've no one.

Aside from that lunatic

this morning.

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Denys Arcand

Georges-Henri Denys Arcand, (French: [dəni aʁkɑ̃]; born June 25, 1941) is a French Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer. He won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 2004 for The Barbarian Invasions. He has also been nominated three further times, including two nominations in the same category for The Decline of the American Empire in 1986 and Jesus of Montreal in 1989, becoming the only French-Canadian director in history to receive this number of nominations and, subsequently, to win the award. Also for The Barbarian Invasions, he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay, losing to Sofia Coppola for Lost in Translation. During his four decades career, he became the most globally recognized director from Quebec, winning many awards from the Cannes Film Festival, including the Best Screenplay Award, the Jury Prize, and many other prestigious awards worldwide. He won three César Awards in 2004 for The Barbarian Invasions: Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Film, being the only Canadian director to have accomplished this. Arcand has directed three Canadian films that have received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Film and three films in the Toronto International Film Festival's 2004 list of the top 10 canadian films of all time. more…

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