Days of Darkness

Days of Darkness

Part of The Decline of the American Empire Collection

2007•1h 44m•6.4/10

ComedyDramaFantasy

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🎬TMDb

6.4/10(75)

Jean-Marc is a man without qualities living in times that are out of joint. His wife and children ignore him; he's a mid-level government functionary in Montreal doing his job without care. He has an active imagination of sexual conquest, but his only real feelings come when he visits his aged mother, whose health is failing. When his wife leaves abruptly to work in Toronto, Jean-Marc sets out to reorder things with his daughters, his social life, and at work. In a world that at best is a farce, does he stand a chance?

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Production

Mon Voisin Productions, Cinémaginaire, StudioCanal, Alliance Atlantis

Language

FR

Status

Released

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Cast

Marc Labrèche

Marc Labrèche

Jean-Marc Leblanc

Sylvie Léonard

Sylvie Léonard

Sylvie Cormier-Leblanc

Diane Kruger

Diane Kruger

Véronica Star

Caroline Néron

Caroline Néron

Carole Bigras-Bourque

Rufus Wainwright

Rufus Wainwright

Le jeune prince / Le prince chantant

Macha Grenon

Macha Grenon

Béatrice de Savoie

Emma de Caunes

Emma de Caunes

Karine Tendance

Didier Lucien

Didier Lucien

William Chérubin

Rosalie Julien

Rosalie Julien

Laurence Métivier

Jean-René Ouellet

Jean-René Ouellet

Policier / St-Bernard de Clairvaux

André Robitaille

André Robitaille

Gilles Sansregret

Hugo Giroux

Hugo Giroux

Thorvald

Pierre Curzi

Pierre Curzi

Pierre

Gilles Pelletier

Gilles Pelletier

Raymond Leclerc

Christian Bégin

Christian Bégin

Le motivateur par le rire

Donald Sutherland

Donald Sutherland

Donald Sutherland

Paule Baillargeon

Paule Baillargeon

Dame à la minerve

Monia Chokri

Monia Chokri

Jeune femme arabe

Gaston Lepage

Gaston Lepage

Préposé à l'accueil

Danny Gilmore

Danny Gilmore

Écuyer du prince noir

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