Mon oncle d'Amérique
director:
Alain Resnais
playwright:
Jean Gruault
/
Henri Laborit
actor:
Gérard Depardieu
/
Nicole Garcia
/
Roger Pierre
/
Nelly Borgeaud
/
Pierre Arditi
…
genre:
Comédie
/
Drame
/
Romance
region:
France
language:
French
length: 2h 5m
release date: 1980-05-21
IMDb: tt0081176
Mon oncle d'Amérique
overview
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.