My American Uncle
7.0(208) 1980-05-21 126 minComedyDramaRomance
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.
WriterJean Gruault
DirectorAlain Resnais
WriterHenri Laborit
ProducerRoger Corman
ProducerPhilippe Dussart
Original Music ComposerArié Dzierlatka
Cast & characters
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 Henri Laborit
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Bernard Malaterre
as Jean's Father
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
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Maurice Gauthier
as René's Father
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Guillaume Boisseau
as Child Jean
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Ina Bedart
as Child Janine
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Ludovic Salis
as Child René
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François Calvez
as Teen René
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Stephanie Loustau
as Teen Janine
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Monique Mauclair
as Teacher
Damien Boisseau
as Teen Jean
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Gaston Vacchia
as Henri, René's uncle
