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The Fall of the American Empire(2018)
Status: Released
Date: 2018-06-28
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192 Votes
Time: 2h 7m
After the decline...
Overview:
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.
Languages: English, French, Italian.
Countries:
Canada
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Movie: The Fall of the American Empire
Top 10 Billed Cast
Alexandre Landry
Pierre-Paul Daoust
Maripier Morin
Aspasie / Camille Lafontaine
Rémy Girard
Sylvain 'The Brain' Bigras
Louis Morissette
Pete La Bauve
Maxim Roy
Carla McDuff
Pierre Curzi
Maître Wilbrod Taschereau
Vincent Leclerc
Jean-Claude
Patrick Abellard
Jamel Rosabert
Florence Longpré
Linda Demers
Eddy King
Vladimir François
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