Film

My American Uncle

1980 · 2h 6m · Comedy · Drama · Romance

IMDb

7.6

Rotten Tomatoes

86%

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.

Gérard Depardieu

René Ragueneau

Nicole Garcia

Janine Garnier

Roger Pierre

Jean Le Gall

Nelly Borgeaud

Arlette Le Gall

Pierre Arditi

Zambeaux, le représentant de la direction générale à Paris

Gérard Darrieu

Léon Veestrate

Philippe Laudenbach

Michel Aubert

Marie Dubois

Thérèse Ragueneau

Henri Laborit

Henri Laborit

Bernard Malaterre

Jean's Father

Laurence Roy

Jean's Mother

Alexandre Rignault

Jean's Grandfather

Véronique Silver

Janine's Mother

Jean Lescot

Janine's Father

Geneviève Mnich

René's Mother

Maurice Gauthier

René's Father

• Alain ResnaisDirector
• Jean GruaultWriter
• Henri LaboritWriter
• Philippe DussartProducer
• Roger CormanProducer
• Sacha ViernyDirector of Photography
• Arié DzierlatkaOriginal Music Composer
• Albert JurgensonEditor

Release date

May 21, 1980

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

2h 6m

Rated

14

Genres

Comedy, Drama, Romance

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