The Fall of the American Empire

Academy award winning director Denys Arcand brings us The Fall of the American Empire a Canadian crime thriller that won the International Critics award at Cannes. The film completes Arcand’s trilogy that includes The Decline of the American Empire and The Barbarian Invasions. 

About the Film - 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 Denys Arcand film takes a witty yet touching look at, as only Arcand knows how, the predominance of money in a society where all other values seem to have crumbled. 

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EVENT DETAILS: 

Special Presentation by guest speaker (TBA) and Social Hour on Sunday, May 19 at 7:00 PM, Atlantic Highlands Arts Council, 54 1st Ave, Atlantic Highlands with light refreshments. 

The movie screening begins at 8:30 pm at Atlantic Cinemas, 82 1st Ave.  

The movie is rated R and runs 2 hours and 9 minutes.

TICKETS: $20; $10 for students under 18 (bring student ID). Purchase tickets below or at the door. Proceeds benefit FilmOneFest’s mission to provide free access to the arts.

Food donations are encouraged at this event. 

FilmOneFest and its fundraisers are volunteer-produced; proceeds support the Atlantic Highlands Arts Council (AHAC) and AACC Food Pantry.

FilmOneFest is a project of AHAC, a registered 501 (c) (3) organization. Its mission is to strengthen community through the arts. 

For information, visit www.aharts.org.

FilmOneFest thanks its dedicated sponsors including Media Sponsors: Whole Foods, Pepsico, Janet Peterson, Blue Bay Inn, Alice Kupper PE, JBL Trinity Group and Atlantic Cinemas. FilmOneFest also thanks Kevin Smith for his generous support.

This program is made possible in part by Monmouth Arts through funding from the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders and The New Jersey State Council on the Arts. 

FilmOneFest is grateful for the continued support of Tom Bernard and Sony Pictures Classics. 

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