My Uncle from America

My Uncle from America
  • Release date: 17 Dec 1980
  • Release year: 1980
  • Runtime: 125 minutes
  • Country: France
  • Keywords: adultery, anxiety, memory, france, husband leaves his wife, slapped in the face, mother slaps her daughter, one man versus the system, scapegoat, sacrificial victim
Plot:
Prof. Henri Laborit uses the stories of the lives of three people to discuss behaviorist theories of survival, combat, rewards and punishment, and anxiety. Rene 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.
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