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Caroline Neron, Denys Arcand, Diane Kruger, Eugénie Beaudry, Laurent Baffie ... see more see more... , Marc Labrèche , Paule Baillargeon , Rufus Wainwright , Sylvie Léonard , Thierry Ardisson

In his dreams, Jean-Marc is a knight in shining armor, a star of stage and screen and a successful author who has women falling at his feet and into his bed. In reality, Jean-Marc is a nobody civil se... read more read more...rvant, insignificant husband, failed father and closet smoker. Will Jean-Marc be able to resist the temptations of his dreamland or will he decide to carve out a life of his own?

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Unrated, 1 hr. 44 min.

Directed by: Denys Arcand

Release Date: December 7, 2007

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  • liquidstone14
    November 2, 2009
    liquidstone14
    Arcand's latest plays out like ''Modern Society Anxieties : Greatest Hits'' rather than the conclusion to a trilogy of nuanced, self-reflexive portraits on the bourgeois lifestyle. The existential exhaustment coursing through the film does, however, come to light in the form of a... read more delicately affecting conclusion, and Marc Labreche is quite troubling at times. Yet, I was never quite sold on the questionable means that L'Age des Tenebres uses to get its narrative strolling along, and was ultimately let down by its lack of cohesion. Another remark : why do our protagonist's dreamlike evasions have to solely be through sex?

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Joseph Proimakis
September 16, 2008
Joseph Proimakis, Movies for the Masses

An kai mayrohioymoristika apolaystiko, san American Beauty (1999) se pio allegro diathesi, ta Hronia tis Mayrilas ehoyn stin ekseliksi toys mia kapoia amihania, poy se krata monimos sto ypotoniko epip... Full Review

David Nusair
September 29, 2007
David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews

...a staggeringly disappointing effort from a genuinely talented filmmaker. Full Review

Emanuel Levy
May 28, 2007
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

Denys Arcand's follow-up to the superb Barbarian Invasion is a disappointingly acid-streaked, misanthropic satire about a Walter Mitty-like Everyman whose elaborately imagined fantasy life masks deep,...

September 6, 2007
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September 15, 2007
Screen International

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Richard Mowe
August 30, 2007
Richard Mowe, Boxoffice Magazine

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James Rocchi
May 28, 2007
James Rocchi, Cinematical

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