Professor Henri Laborit uses three people's stories to discuss behaviourist 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; and Jean is a controversial career-climbing writer/politician at a crossroads in life.
Directed by: Alain Resnais
Cast: Alexandre Rignault, Bernard Malaterre, Geneviève Mnich, Gérard Darrieu, Gérard Depardieu, Henri Laborit, Jean Lescot, Laurence Roy, Marie Dubois, Nelly Borgeaud, Nicole Garcia, Philippe Laudenbach
Genres: Experimental