My American Uncle (1980)
Mon oncle d'Amérique
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.
- Date of release
- 1980-05-21
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (217)
- Runtime
- 2h 6m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Director
- Alain Resnais
Casting
- 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
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