My American Uncle

(1980)

★ 7 IMDb · 213 votes

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Year: 1980

Runtime: 125 мин

Country: France

Director: Alain Resnais

Cast: Жерар Депардье, Nicole Garcia, Roger Pierre, Nelly Borgeaud, Pierre Arditi, Gérard Darrieu, Philippe Laudenbach, Marie Dubois, Henri Laborit, Bernard Malaterre

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.