My American Uncle
9.2 /10 1 Votes
4/4 Roger Ebert Director Alain Resnais Initial DVD release November 28, 2000 Duration Country France | 7.9/10 IMDb 100% Rotten Tomatoes Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance Music director Arie Dzierlatka Language French | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writer Henri Laborit , Jean Gruault Release date 21 May 1980 Cast Gérard Depardieu (René Ragueneau), Nicole Garcia (Janine Garnier), Roger Pierre (Jean Le Gall), Nelly Borgeaud (Arlette Le Gall), Pierre Arditi (Zambeaux), Gérard Darrieu (Léon Veestrate)Similar movies The Wild Child , The Sixth Sense , Marnie , Side Effects , Caligula , Copycat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
My American Uncle (French: Mon oncle d'Amérique) is a 1980 French film directed by Alain Resnais. The film stars Gérard Depardieu, Nicole Garcia and Roger Pierre.
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Plot
The didactic film is built around the ideas of French physician, writer and philosopher Henri Laborit, who plays himself in the film. It uses the stories of three people to illustrate Laborit's theories on evolutionary psychology regarding the relationship of self and society.
René leaves the family farm to become an executive at a French textile firm. Janine leaves her proletarian family behind to become an actress who becomes involved with Jean, a well-educated bourgeois writer/politician. All three characters face difficult choices in life-changing situations that are designed to illuminate Laborit's ideas.
Cast
Awards and honors
The film won the Grand Prix and the FIPRESCI prizes at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival, and Henri Laborit and Jean Gruault's screenplay was nominated at the 53rd Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay.
References
My American Uncle WikipediaMon oncle dAmerique IMDbMon oncle dAmerique Roger EbertMon oncle dAmerique Rotten TomatoesMy American Uncle themoviedb.org