My American Uncle (1980)
Mon oncle d'Amérique
126 min
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.
- Release date
- September 18, 1981
- Country of origin
- France
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Cast
- Gérard Depardieu as René Ragueneau
- Nicole Garcia as Janine Garnier
- Roger Pierre as Jean Le Gall
- Nelly Borgeaud as Arlette Le Gall
- Pierre Arditi as Zambeaux, le représentant de la direction générale à Paris
- Gérard Darrieu as Léon Veestrate
- Philippe Laudenbach as Michel Aubert
- Marie Dubois as Thérèse Ragueneau
- Henri Laborit as Self
- Bernard Malaterre as Le père de Jean
- Laurence Roy as Jean's Mother
- Alexandre Rignault as Jean's Grandfather
- Véronique Silver as Janine's Mother
- Jean Lescot as Janine's Father
- Geneviève Mnich as René's Mother
- Monique Mauclair as Teacher
- Damien Boisseau as Teen Jean
- Jean-Philippe Puymartin as Jean jeune homme
- Catherine Frot as Arlette jeune fille
- Valérie Dréville as Thérèse jeune fille
- Brigitte Roüan as Janine's Friend
Crew
- Alain Resnais · Director
- Jean Gruault · Writer
- Henri Laborit · Writer
- Philippe Dussart · Producer
- Arié Dzierlatka · Composer
- Sacha Vierny · Cinematographer
- Albert Jurgenson · Editor
- Jacques Saulnier · Production designer