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Mon oncle d'Amérique

Cast

Gérard Depardieu, Nicole Garcia, Roger Pierre, Nelly Borgeaud View All


Crew

Alain Resnais (Director), Jean Gruault (Writer), Henri Laborit (Writer) View All

Release: May 21st, 1980
Runtime: 2 hours, 6 minutes
Prof. Henri Laborit uses the stories of the lives of three people to discuss behaviorist 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. Jean is a controversial career-climbing writer/politician at...
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mark f
Resnais teamed up with scripter Jean Gruault (The Wild Child) and scientific author Henri Laborit to create one of his most open, inviting films with this, even though it's obviously a Resnais film and will ask its viewers to work to get the maximum pleasure from this film.


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