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My American Uncle

1980 · 126 min

A cool, cerebral essay-film that braids three ordinary lives with scientific lecture, asking you to think rather than feel your way through.

Directed by
Alain Resnais
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Starring
Gérard Depardieu, Nicole Garcia, Roger Pierre
Overview
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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Directed by
Alain Resnais
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Starring
Gérard Depardieu, Nicole Garcia, Roger Pierre
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • ambition
  • class
  • family
  • survival
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour4
Realism7
Romance4
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity8
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama, romance
Directed by
Alain Resnais
Written by
Henri Laborit, Jean Gruault
Starring
Gérard Depardieu, Nicole Garcia, Roger Pierre, Nelly Borgeaud, Pierre Arditi, Gérard Darrieu, Philippe Laudenbach, Marie Dubois
Music
Arié Dzierlatka
Cinematography
Sacha Vierny
Runtime
126 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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