My American Uncle

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.

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  Alain Resnais

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  Gérard Depardieu
  René Ragueneau
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  Nicole Garcia
  Janine Garnier
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  Roger Pierre
  Jean Le Gall
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  Nelly Borgeaud
  Arlette Le Gall
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  Pierre Arditi
  Zambeaux, le représentant de la direction générale à Paris
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  Gérard Darrieu
  Léon Veestrate
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  Philippe Laudenbach
  Michel Aubert
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  Marie Dubois
  Thérèse Ragueneau
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  Henri Laborit
  Henri Laborit
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  Bernard Malaterre
  Jean's Father
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  Laurence Roy
  Jean's Mother
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  Alexandre Rignault
  Jean's Grandfather
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  Véronique Silver
  Janine's Mother
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  Jean Lescot
  Janine's Father
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  Geneviève Mnich
  René's Mother
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  Maurice Gauthier
  René's Father
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  Guillaume Boisseau
  Child Jean
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  Ina Bedart
  Child Janine
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  Ludovic Salis
  Child René
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  François Calvez
  Teen René