Life Is a Bed of Roses (1983)

5.8/10 110 min Drama Comedy

Overview

In this whimsical fable, Resnais deftly interweaves three story lines: the creation of an early-20th-century utopia; romantic high jinks at a school conference; and a fantasy sparked by F/X pioneer Georges Méliès.

Cast

Vittorio Gassman

Walter Guarini

Ruggero Raimondi

Count Michel Forbek

Fanny Ardant

Livia Cerasquier

Geraldine Chaplin

Nora Winkle

Sabine Azéma

Élisabeth Rousseau

Pierre Arditi

Robert Dufresne

Robert Manuel

Georges Leroux

Martine Kelly

Claudine Obertin

Samson Fainsilber

Zoltán Forbek

Véronique Silver

Nathalie Holberg

André Dussollier

Raoul Vandamme

Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu

Teacher

Jean-Claude Arnaud

Driver of the van

Lucienne Hamon

Juliette Watelet

Jean-Louis Richard

Father Jean Watelet

Hélène Patarot

Thi Lan

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