Actors: Nicole Garcia, Gérard Depardieu, Roger Pierre, Nelly Borgeaud, Pierre Arditi, Marie Dubois
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about My American Uncle
MY AMERICAN UNCLE (Mon Oncle d'Amérique) is a movie directed by Alain Resnais in 1980. The picture won the Grand Prize of the Jury of the 1980 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for the 1981 Academy Award in the "Best Screenplay (Jean Gruault) directly written for the screen" category.
This movie describes the relations between the actress Nicole Garcia and the state employee Roger Pierre who's left his family in order to live with his mistress.
In the second plot, Gérard Depardieu is a self-made director competing with a new executive manager for leadership. Soon Depardieu, sent to a new location by his management, must leave his family.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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Analysis of My American Uncle
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- inconveniently married while playing footsy
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- white collar office worker
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- actor
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- deluded
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) fat
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- homemaker/wife
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
Island?
Yes
Misc setting
- theater
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- French
Subtitles?
- Yes
