Life Is a Bed of Roses

Life Is a Bed of Roses

110 mins | Drama, Comedy | April 20, 1983

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.

Life Is a Bed of Roses

110 mins | Drama, Comedy | April 20, 1983

Life Is a Bed of Roses
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.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers Soprofilms, Films A2, Les Films Ariane, Fideline Films, Filmédis
Original title La vie est un roman
Directors Alain Resnais
Writers Jean Gruault

Cast

Vittorio Gassman

as Walter Guarini

Ruggero Raimondi

as Count Michel Forbek

Fanny Ardant

as Livia Cerasquier

Geraldine Chaplin

as Nora Winkle

Sabine Azéma

as Élisabeth Rousseau

Pierre Arditi

as Robert Dufresne

Robert Manuel

as Georges Leroux

Martine Kelly

as Claudine Obertin

Samson Fainsilber

as Zoltán Forbek

Véronique Silver

as Nathalie Holberg

André Dussollier

as Raoul Vandamme

Guillaume Boisseau

as Frédéric

Sabine Thomas

as Marie

Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu

as School Teacher

Rodolphe Schacher

as Pierre

Jean-Claude Arnaud

as The driver of the van

Lucienne Hamon

as Juliette Watelet

Jean-Louis Richard

as Father Jean Watelet

Hélène Patarot

as Thi Lan

Flavie Ducorps

as Nora Winkle's daughter

Jean-Claude Corbel

as The legendary hero

Jean-Michel Dupuis

as Laplaud, the kindergarten teacher

Michel Muller

as Bertin

Philippe Laudenbach

as The educator enemy of gratuitous reverie

Cathy Berberian

as The childminder

Francine Bergé

as Young Lady