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My American Uncle

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My American Uncle — Plot

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
  • May 21, 1980
  • Runtime
  • 126 min
  • Genres
  • Comedy, Drama, Romance
  • Director
  • Alain Resnais

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My American Uncle — Cast

Gérard Depardieu photo Gérard Depardieu René Ragueneau Nicole Garcia photo Nicole Garcia Janine Garnier Roger Pierre photo Roger Pierre Jean Le Gall Nelly Borgeaud photo Nelly Borgeaud Arlette Le Gall Pierre Arditi photo Pierre Arditi Zambeaux, le représentant de la direction générale à Paris Gérard Darrieu photo Gérard Darrieu Léon Veestrate Philippe Laudenbach photo Philippe Laudenbach Michel Aubert Marie Dubois photo Marie Dubois Thérèse Ragueneau

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