My American Uncle

Mon oncle d'Amérique

1980·126'

Alain Resnais

RomanceComedyDrama

★ 7.0

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