Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 126 min
- Language
- French
- Country
- France
Why tonight?
- In French — subtitles on.
The story
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.
- psychology
- bourgeoisie
- punishment
- reward
- textile company
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
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
- Véronique Silver — Janine's Mother
- Jean Lescot — Janine's Father
- Geneviève Mnich — René's Mother
- Directed
- Alain Resnais
- Written
- Jean Gruault, Henri Laborit
Production
- Rating
- 7.0 / 10 · 213 ratings
- Studio
- Philippe Dussart, TF1, Andrea Films
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