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Mon oncle d'Amérique (English: My American Uncle or My Uncle from America) is a 1980 French film directed by Alain Resnais with a screenplay by Jean Gruault. The film juxtaposes a comedy-drama narrative with the ideas of Henri Laborit , the French surgeon, neurobiologist, philosopher and author.
Jean Gruault was born on 3 August 1924 in Fontenay-sous-Bois, Val-de-Marne, Île-de-France, France. He was a writer and actor, known for My American Uncle (1980), Jules and Jim (1962) and The Story of Adele H (1975).
Mar 21, 2018 · When Truffaut turned to his own boyhood as the raw material for his first feature film, Les quatre cents coups (The 400 Blows, 1959), he cast 14-year-old amateur Jean-Pierre Léaud as alter ego Antoine Doinel. This film’s success launched Truffaut’s and Léaud’s illustrious film careers.
Life Is a Bed of Roses (French: La vie est un roman) is a 1983 French film directed by Alain Resnais from a screenplay by Jean Gruault. The English-language distribution title of the film is Life Is a Bed of Roses, though it has also been known as Forbek's Castle and Life Is a Fairy Tale.
This rare interview with François Truffaut’s co-writer Jean Gruault, conducted in April 1986 at the Cinémathèque Française in Paris, was originally intended for Rainer Gansera’s documentary WORKING WITH FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT. Only a few minutes were actually used in that film.
Jean Gruault (3 August 1924 – 8 June 2015) was a French screenwriter and actor. He wrote 25 films between 1960 and 1995. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the 1980 film Mon oncle d'Amérique.
The legendary François Truffaut directs, and Jeanne Moreau stars as the alluring and willful Catherine, whose enigmatic smile and passionate nature lure Jules (Oskar Werner) and Jim (Henri Serre) into one of cinema’s most captivating romantic triangles.
