Roger Corman presents Alain Resnais' Mon oncle d'Amerique: a case study of three characters focusing on their pursuit of careers. This is intercut with segments of a lecture from Prof. Henri Laborit, a behavioral scientist speaking in pure documentary fashion, contributing his theories on memory. Also intercuts footage from other movies.
"Le comportement des êtres est déterminé par leurs pulsions inconscientes. C'est ce qu'étudie le professeur Henri Laborit sur des animaux de laboratoire. Ce sont peut-être ces forces qui régissent les actions de Jean, le bourgeois arriviste, de Janine, la comédienne issue d'un milieu ouvrier, et de René, le fils de paysan créateur d'une petite entreprise textile. Ils vont se rencontrer, s'aimer, se fuir, souffrir, être tentés par le suicide. Le savant lui-même paraît d'ailleurs à l'occasion, pour apporter quelques commentaires."
"Le vite intrecciate di tre personaggi mostrano le tesi del sociobiologo Laborit, secondo il quale il comportamento umano dipende dall'educazione ricevuta nei primi tre anni ed è prevedibile come quello di cavie da laboratorio. (Mereghetti)."
"Eine Komödie um das ewige Streben nach Glück, Liebe und Fortschritt. Anhand dreier menschlicher Schicksale und mit Hilfe der Erkenntnisse moderner Verhaltensforschung analysiert Alain Resnais Film das menschliche Verhalten. "Mein Onkel aus Amerika" ist eine gelungene Mischung aus Spiel- und Dokumentarfilm, die Thesen der Verhaltensforschung sowohl stützt als auch ironisiert und eine Fülle von Denkanstößen vermittelt. Als pedantischer Erzähler glänzt der Wissenschaftler Professeur Henri Laborit."
"A case study of three characters focusing on their pursuit of careers. This is intercut with segments of a lecture from Prof. Henri Laborit, a behavioral scientist speaking in pure documentary fashion, contributing his theories on memory. Also intercuts footage from other movies."
"Jean, René, Janine: two men and a woman from different generations and different backgrounds, whose paths meet at a crisis point in mid-life. Faced with disappointment and frustration, all three muse about a legendary "uncle in America", a guardian angel who gives them their hearts' desires and tells them exactly what they want to hear."
"A case study of three characters, focusing on their pursuit of careers. This is intercut with segments of a lecture from Prof. Henri Laborit, a behavioral scientist speaking in pure documentary fashion, contributing his theories on memory. Also intercuts footage from other movies."
"Le vite intrecciate di tre personaggi mostrano la tesi del sociobiologo Laborit, secondo il quale il comportamento umano dipende dall'educazione ricevuta nei primi tre anni ed è prevedibile, come quello delle cavie di laboratorio. René, operaio che ha fatto carriera, e Jean, funzionario della radio che lascia la moglie, sono i perdenti. Janine che riesce a fuggire da casa e dagli amanti è l'unica che si realizza. (Mereghetti)."@it
"Three French people in quest of success are brought unexpectedly together by fate."
"Née dans un milieu modeste de la région parisienne, Janine est devenue comédienne malgré l'opposition de ses parents. A l'issue d'une représentation, elle rencontre Jean, haut fonctionnaire ambitieux. Janine devient rapidement la maîtresse de cet homme marié qui, pour s'installer avec elle, quitte femme et enfants. René, lui aussi, n'a pas suivi la voie à laquelle songeait son père : il a quitté l'exploitation agricole familiale pour travailler dans une filature de la région. Grâce à son acharnement, il a gravi peu à peu les échelons."
"Three dissatisfied people meet, interact and find some resolutions to their quests."
"Roger Corman presents Alain Resnais' Mon oncle d'Amerique: a case study of three characters focusing on their pursuit of careers. This is intercut with segments of a lecture from Prof. Henri Laborit, a behavioral scientist speaking in pure documentary fashion, contributing his theories on memory. Also intercuts footage from other movies."
"Roger Corman presents Alain Resnais' Mon oncle d'Amerique: a case study of three characters focusing on their pursuit of careers. This is intercut with segments of a lecture from Prof. Henri Laborit, a behavioral scientist speaking in pure documentary fashion, contributing his theories on memory. Also intercuts footage from other movies."@en
"Les actes qu'accomplissent les individus sont déterminés par le conditionnement de la petite enfance... Telle est la théorie de Laborit, illustrée par trois histoires ou destinées..."
"Three life-stories are used to illustrate behaviourist theories by Henri Laborit."
"Drame psychologique inspiré des théories du biologiste Henri Laborit sur le comportement. Trois destins, trois personnages, Jean, René et Janine, venus de milieux sociaux et culturels très différents, mais tous décidés à "réussir". Nous les suivons, tant au présent qu'au passé, dans leurs vies, leurs amours, leurs échecs au gré de l'entrecroisement des personnages. Le professeur Laborit apparaît lui-même à l'occasion pour apporter quelques commentaires. Avec Gérard Depardieu, Nicole Garcia, Roger Pierre, Marie Dubois."
"Jean, René, Janine: two men and a woman from different generations and different backgrounds, whose paths meet at a crisis point in mid-life. Faced with disappointment and frustration, all three muse about a legendary "uncle in America", a guardian angel who gives them their hearts' desires and them exactly what they want to hear."
"Story of three people, whose lives intertwine; Jean, director of news coverage for the French radio, Janine, who aspires to being an actress, and who becomes his mistress, and René a peasant from Anjou, who works for a textile firm, where Janine becomes a designer."@en
"Three lives, three ambitions ... two men and a woman from different generations and different backgrounds whose paths meet at a crisis point in mid-life. All three muse about a legendary "Uncle in America", a guardian angel who gives them their hearts' desires. DVD."
"A case study of three characters pursuing their careers. This is intercut with segments of a lecture from Prof. Henri Laborit, a behavioral scientist speaking in pure documentary fashion, contributing his theories on memory; also intercut with footage from other movies."
"Drame psychologique inspiré des théories du biologiste Henri Laborit sur le comportement. Trois destins, trois personnages, Jean, René et Janine, venus de milieux sociaux et culturels très différents, mais tous décidés à "réussir". Nous les suivons, tant au présent qu'au passé, dans leur vies, leurs amours, leurs échecs au gré de l'entrecroisement des personnages. Le professeur Laborit apparaît lui-même à l'occassion pour apporter quelques commentaires."
"Jean, René, Janine: two men and a woman from different generations and different backgrounds, whose paths meet at a crisis point in mid-life, faced with disappointment and frustration, all three muse about a legendary "uncle in America", a guardian angel who gives them their hearts' desires and tells them exactly what they want to hear."
"Jean, Janine and René are brought together through their search for success."
"Using the narrative ovservations of real life human behavioural theorist Henry Laborit, My American uncle describes the complex motivations of a group of characters including René, a working class manager in a textile factory who is demoted and has to move away from his wife and young child, and Janine, an actress having an affair with a married writer and radio boss Jean."@en
"Avec le concours du professeur Laborit, Resnais fait vivre trois personnages que nous voyons évoluer à la fois à travers une intrigue romanesque et une enquête scientifique. Les destins entrecroisés des personnages servent à Resnais pour illustrer les théories du professeur Henri Laborit sur le comportement humain. Le savant paraît d'ailleurs lui-même à l'occasion pour apporter quelques commentaires."
"Summary: A case study of three characters pursuing their careers. This is intercut with segments of a lecture from Prof. Henri Laborit, a behavioral scientist speaking in pure documentary fashion, contributing his theories on memory; also intercut with footage from other movies."
"Tre storie, di due uomini e una donna - un alto funzionario dell'azienda televisiva di Stato, un tecnico dell'industria tessile, un'attrice di teatro - dapprima parallele, si incrociano e si sovrappongono. Fino a quando, quasi a sorpresa, avviene il congiungimento col personaggio che interviene, prima con la voce e poi di persona: il prof. Henri Laborit, biologo e filosofo scientifico, che propone le sue teorie sul comportamento umano..."@it
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