Yves Jacques OC is a Canadian film, television and stage actor.
Yves Jacques
The Decline of the American Empire
The Decline of the American Empire is a 1986 Canadian sex comedy-drama film directed by Denys Arcand and starring Rémy Girard, Pierre Curzi and Dorothée Berryman. The film follows a group of intellectual friends from the Université de Montréal history department as they engage in a long dialogue about their sexual affairs, touching on issues of adultery, homosexuality, group sex, BDSM and prostitution. A number of characters associate self-indulgence with societal decline.
French-language film poster
Director Denys Arcand wrote the script influenced by a small budget and seeing an interest in personal pleasures as becoming predominant in society.
Filming took place near Lake Memphremagog in Quebec from September to October 1985.
Critics gave positive reviews to the cast, including Pierre Curzi, who was nominated for the Genie Award for Best Actor.