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MY AMERICAN UNCLE is a study of three characters: Jean, Janine, and Rene. They are presented first in their childhood. Then each character introduces him or herself in young adulthood, and the film rolls as they take turns narrating their own biographies. From there, with frequent interruptions by a psychiatrist who takes over as an external narrator, the film follows them as they live their lives.

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EAN5027035005096

eBay Product ID (ePID)60716991

Product Key Features

ActorNicole Garcia, Gerard Depardieu

Film/TV TitleMy American Uncle

DirectorAlain Resnais

LanguageFrench

Subtitle LanguageFrench

Run Time121 Mins

Release Year2007

FormatDVD

FeaturesInteractive Menu, With Subtitles

GenreDrama

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

Certificate12A/12

Country/Region of ManufactureFrance

Additional InformationAlain Resnais's MON ONCLE D'AMERIQUE may be the best all-around display of the director's unique narrative and photographic techniques. The film begins with still photographs appearing on the screen as a narrator gives a quick biography of each of the three characters in the movie: Jean, Janine, and Rene. They are presented first in their childhood: a picture of Jean collecting clams, a picture of Janine reciting poetry to her family, and a picture of RenΘ in his farm overalls. Then each character introduces him- or herself in young adulthood, and the film rolls as they take turns narrating their own biographies. From there, with frequent interruptions by Professor Henri Laborit, the psychiatrist who takes over as an external narrator, the film assumes the traditional third-person approach to its three subjects, following them as they marry and separate, have affairs, suffer, rejoice, have children, find success, fail miserably, and eventually meet each other. All the while, the psychiatrist-narrator adds fabulously absurd but simultaneously poignant existential explanations for why these characters do what they do. MON ONCLE D'AMERIQUE is a film in which everything has meaning. Every action, every word, each gesture, color, and feeling plays into the explanations of the psychiatrist. Thus, as the narrator explains the story, the same scenes roll several times, adding a touch of good-natured comedy to this sophisticated film.

Sound sourceDolby Digital

Movie/TV TitleMy American Uncle

Director of PhotographySacha Vierny