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Mon Oncle d'Amérique

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Mon Oncle d'Amérique
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PG,2hrs 3min
Genres:
Comedy,Drama
Released:
January 1, 1980
Director:
Alain Resnais
Distributor:
New World Pictures
Starring:
Gérard Depardieu, Nicole Garcia, Roger-Pierre  ...more
Synopsis: Alain Resnais' Mon Oncle D'Amerique is presented in the form of a "case history," replete with a pedantic narrator, played by real-life behavioral scientist Henri Laborit. Gerald Depardieu plays a plant manager whose behavior is inspired by the films of "macho" French film star Jean Gabin. Nicole Garcia portrays an actress who has patterned her conduct after stage and film luminary Jean Marais. And Roger-Pierre is a TV executive whose main influence in life is lovely cinema actress Danielle Darrieux. ... Full Synopsis
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Michael Costello, AMG Review
One rarely associates the austere films of Alain Resnais with comedy, but in his first real hit, the director's exploration of the theories of behavioral scientist Henri Laborit is surprisingly amusing. Resnais has often dwelt on the influence of the past upon the present, and the determinism that renders freedom chimerical. Here, he returns to the theme, in following the lives of three French professionals ... Full Review
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Gérard Depardieu
Rene Ragueneau
Nicole Garcia
Janine Garnier
Roger-Pierre
Jean Le Gall
Marie Dubois
Therese Ragueneau
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