My American Uncle
1980 · 126 MIN · IMDB 7.6 · 7,086 VOTES · DIR. Alain Resnais
Overview
Prof. Henri Laborit uses the stories of the lives of three people to discuss behaviorist theories of survival, combat, rewards and punishment, and anxiety. René 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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,378 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:13 MY AMERICAN UNCLE
00:06:06 but runs into family opposition.
00:09:28 My grandfather, an eccentric, lived on an island.
00:14:13 He decided the day I was born, so that in the next war
00:18:17 My family was proud of my scholastic success.
00:21:52 That dld it. I flnally let it all come out.
00:25:58 "My friend...
00:29:59 Oh, my friend...
00:35:21 Why stock your goods that way?
00:40:49 Would I love the writer more, or the politician?
00:45:38 That's never happened to me before...
00:50:35 - Where were you? - I went home to change.
00:55:19 - Which side? - Right!
01:00:29 Why not here?
01:09:05 by going back to the first compartment.
01:13:17 Nor is there an instlnct to dominate.
01:17:07 and punish or reward him accordingly...
01:22:26 She isn't ill?
01:27:08 We were a stepping-stone. Now to hell with us!
01:33:43 - What'll you have? - A Perrier with lemon.
01:38:23 - He cooks? - Very well!
01:44:57 Mr Ragueneau, are you asleep?
01:53:31 Dumb bastards!
21:19:01 in Hanoi, Indochina.
Cast & Characters
Gérard Depardieu
René Ragueneau
Nicole Garcia
Janine Garnier
Roger Pierre
Jean Le Gall
Nelly Borgeaud
Arlette Le Gall
Pierre Arditi
Zambeaux, le représentant de la direction générale à Paris
Gérard Darrieu
Léon Veestrate
Philippe Laudenbach
Michel Aubert
Marie Dubois
Thérèse Ragueneau
Henri Laborit
Self
Bernard Malaterre
Le père de Jean
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,378
Dialogue density10.9 lines / min
First line00:00:13
Final line21:19:01
Production Record
DirectorAlain Resnais
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes7,086