My American Uncle (1980)

Prof. Henri Laborit uses the stories of the lives of three people to discuss behaviorist 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. Jean is a controversial career-climbing writer/politician at a crossroads in life.
Alain Resnais
Gérard Depardieu, Nicole Garcia, Roger Pierre, Nelly Borgeaud, Pierre Arditi, Gérard Darrieu, Philippe Laudenbach, Marie Dubois, Henri Laborit, Bernard Malaterre, Laurence Roy, Alexandre Rignault, Véronique Silver, Jean Lescot, Geneviève Mnich, Maurice Gauthier, Guillaume Boisseau, Ina Bedart, Ludovic Salis, François Calvez, Stephanie Loustau, Monique Mauclair, Damien Boisseau, Gaston Vacchia, Bertrand Lepage, Jean-Philippe Puymartin, Catherine Frot, Valérie Dréville, Brigitte Roüan, Max Vialle, Yves Peneau, Jean-Bernard Guillard, Laurence Février, Charlotte Bonnet, Jean Dasté, Anne-Christine Joinneau, Sébastien Drai, Marjorie Godin, Liliane Gaudet, Isabelle Ganz, Maria Laborit, Albert Médina, Laurence Badie, Carène Ferrey, Sabine Thomas, Catherine Serre, Jacques Rispal, Héléna Manson, Serge Feuillard, Gilette Barbier, Dominique Rozan, Michel Muller
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