

Life Is a Bed of Roses
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.
Movie Details
Languages
French
Studio
Soprofilms
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Key Crew

Alain Resnais
Director

Jean Gruault
Writer
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
Guillaume Boisseau
Frédéric
Sabine Thomas
Marie

Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu
Teacher
Rodolphe Schacher
Pierre

Jean-Claude Arnaud
Driver of the van

Lucienne Hamon
Juliette Watelet

Jean-Louis Richard
Father Jean Watelet

Hélène Patarot
Thi Lan
Flavie Ducorps
Nora Winkle's daughter