Sony Classics Acquires Denys Arcand's 'The Fall Of The American Empire' - Cannes

Sony Pictures Classics has picked up U.S. rights to Oscar winner Denys Arcand’s upcoming The Fall Of The American Empire. This is a follow-up of sorts to the Canadian helmer’s 1986 Oscar nominee The Decline Of The American Empire. SPC has also acquired all rights in Latin America, Australia and New Zealand. The film explores the predominance of capitalism in a society where all other values seem to have crumbled. It centers on Pierre-Paul, a 36-year-old intellectual with…