My American Uncle
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Synopsis
Professor Henri Laborit uses three people's stories to discuss behaviourist theories of survival, combat, rewards and punishment, and anxiety: René is a technical manager at a textile factory and must face the anxiety caused by corporate downsizing; Janine is a self-educated actress/stylist who learns that the wife of her lover is dying and must decide to let them reunite; and Jean is a controversial career-climbing writer/politician at a crossroads in life.
- Directed by
- Alain Resnais
- Written by
- Jean Gruault, Henri Laborit
Cast
Gérard Depardieu
René Ragueneau
Nicole Garcia
Janine Garnier
Roger Pierre
Jean Le Gall
Nelly Borgeaud
Arlette Le Gall
Pierre Arditi
Zambeaux, le représentant de la direction générale à Paris
Gérard Darrieu
Léon Veestrate
Philippe Laudenbach
Michel Aubert
Marie Dubois
Thérèse Ragueneau
Henri Laborit
Henri Laborit
Bernard Malaterre
Jean's Father
Laurence Roy
Jean's Mother
Alexandre Rignault
Jean's Grandfather
Véronique Silver
Janine's Mother
Jean Lescot
Janine's Father
Geneviève Mnich
René's Mother
Maurice Gauthier
René's Father
Details
- Released
- May 21, 1980
- Runtime
- 2h 6m
- Status
- Released
- Language
- FR
- Original title
- Mon oncle d'Amérique
- Country
- France
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