My American Uncle (Mon oncle d'Amérique) (1980)

Using the narrative observations of real-life human behavioural theorist, Henry Laborit, the film describes the complex motivations of a group of characters including Rene (a young Gerard Depardieu), a working-class manager in a textile factory who is demoted and has to move away from his wife and young child and Janine (Nicole Garcia), an actress having an affair with a married writer and radio boss Jean (Roger Pierre). Resnais' unique narrative style is evident as we revisit these characters' childhoods through photographs, and then discover their motivations, their affairs, marriages, sufferings, successes and failures until their separate lives collide.