My American Uncle

Mon oncle d'Amérique

1980·126'

Alain Resnais

RomanceComedyDrama

FR - French

Letterboxd TMDB #39543

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.

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