Whilst I ultimately disagree with the film's breezily confident assertion that all our behaviour is, deep down, based entirely on fulfilling various "gratifications", this is a curiously explicit way of bringing this late-night dorm-room discussion into arthouse cinema. Quoting, quite literally, all of that black-and-white cinema reminds me somewhat of Guy Maddin's work.
Synopsis: 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.