So it should come as no shock that The Fall of the American Empire is not a trenchant assessment of Donald Trump's job performance. The movie is not a direct sequel to Arcand’s 1986 comedy-drama “The Decline of the American Empire,” a roundelay of academics and their lovers talking about themselves, their sex lives and their scholarly pursuits. That’s Arcand at his best, and if he’s coasting a bit with this trifle I’m not going to complain. The Fall of the American Empire (2018) directed by Denys Arcand. That movie spawned a follow-up, 2003’s “The Barbarian Invasions,” with the same characters, one of whom is dying. This film has been viewed in more than twenty countries and Alexandre has won interpretation awards abroad, including the Best Actor VALIOS in Angoulême, France and the Best Actor Award in Gijón, Spain. For his first movie role in 2013, he played a young intellectually disabled man in Louise Archambault’s film GABRIELLE. Movie information, genre, rating, running time, photos, trailer, synopsis and user reviews. As a movie about the decline of the American empire it pales in comparison to the real thing. The Fall of the American Empire In the movie The Fall of the American Empire , a shy and insecure delivery truck driver accidentally arrives on the scene of a major crime and happens to pick up two bags of cash and hides them in his truck. The Fall of the American Empire is enjoyable if not terribly believable, and manages to take potshots at the dumbing-down of our society while spinning its fanciful tale. As a movie with a lot of clever talk about sex and love, this is pretty good. The Fall of the American Empire (2018) R | 127 min | Comedy , Crime A shy and insecure delivery truck driver accidentally arrives on the scene of a major crime and picks up two bags of cash and hide them.