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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.

1983 |1h 50m |  Drama, Comedy

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Cast

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Vittorio Gassman

Walter Guarini

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Ruggero Raimondi

Count Michel Forbek

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Fanny Ardant

Livia Cerasquier

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Geraldine Chaplin

Nora Winkle

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Sabine Azéma

Élisabeth Rousseau

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Pierre Arditi

Robert Dufresne

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Robert Manuel

Georges Leroux

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Martine Kelly

Claudine Obertin

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Samson Fainsilber

Zoltán Forbek

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Véronique Silver

Nathalie Holberg

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André Dussollier

Raoul Vandamme

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Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu

Teacher

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Jean-Claude Arnaud

Driver of the van

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Lucienne Hamon

Juliette Watelet

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Jean-Louis Richard

Father Jean Watelet

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Hélène Patarot

Thi Lan

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Jean-Claude Corbel

The legendary hero

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Jean-Michel Dupuis

Laplaud, kindergarten teacher

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Philippe Laudenbach

Educator enemy of gratuitous daydreaming

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Cathy Berberian

Nanny

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Jérôme Anger

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Francine Bergé

Young girl fan of happiness

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Bérangère Bonvoisin

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Robert Cantarella

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Jean-Pierre Dravel

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Valérie Dréville

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Serge Feuillard

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François-Eric Gendron

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Status

Released

Language

French

Budget

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