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1980 2h 6m

Mon oncle d'Amérique

Directed by Alain Resnais

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.

Directing 1

Alain Resnais
Director
Vannes, Morbihan, Bretagne, France

Writing 2

Jean Gruault
Writer
Fontenay-sous-Bois, Val-de-Marne, France
Henri Laborit
Writer
Hanoï, French Indochina [now Vietnam]

Production 2

P
Producer
Le Mans, France
Roger Corman
Producer
Detroit, Michigan, USA