

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.
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Cast

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
Henri Laborit
Bernard Malaterre
Jean's Father

Laurence Roy
Jean's Mother

Alexandre Rignault
Jean's Grandfather
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