Rene Malo, ‘Decline of the American Empire’ Producer, Dies at 84

The Oscar nominee and Quebec film pioneer also guided Micheline Lanctôt’s ‘Sonatine,' a winner at the Venice International Film Festival.

Veteran Québécois filmmaker René Malo died on August 23 following a brief period of hospitalization at the Montreal University Hospital Center. He was 84.  Malo is best known as the producer of Denys Arcand’s The Decline of the American Empire, which was nominated for the Best International Film Oscar. But he began his