My American Uncle
movie
View on VideBits →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 & crew
Alain Resnais · Marie Dubois · Philippe Laudenbach · Nicole Garcia · Henri Laborit · Pierre Arditi · Roger Pierre · Gérard Darrieu · Gérard Depardieu · Jean Gruault · Bernard Malaterre · Nelly Borgeaud