Mon oncle d'Amérique

Mon oncle d'Amérique
Directed by	Alain Resnais
Produced by	Philippe Dussart
Written by	Henri Laborit, Jean Gruault
Starring	Gérard Depardieu, Nicole Garcia, Roger Pierre
Distributed by	New World Pictures
Release date(s)	17 December 1980 (USA)
Running time	126 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Polish movie poster for Mon oncle d'Amérique

Mon oncle d'Amérique ("My American Uncle") is a 1980 French film directed by Alain Resnais.

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 (Gérard Depardieu) leaves the family farm to become an executive at a French textile firm. Janine (Nicole Garcia) leaves her proletarian family behind to become an actress who becomes involved with Jean (Roger Pierre), 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

• Gérard Depardieu
• Nicole Garcia
• Roger Pierre
• Nelly Borgeaud
• Pierre Arditi
• Gérard Darrieu
• Philippe Laudenbach
• Marie Dubois
• Henri Laborit

Awards

The film won the Grand Prix and the FIPRESCI prizes at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival.

External links

• Mon oncle d'Amérique at the Internet Movie Database
• Mon Oncle D'Amérique at the New York Times

Awards
Preceded by Siberiade	Grand Prix Spécial du Jury, Cannes 1980	Succeeded by Light Years Away