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Life Is a Bed of Roses

Life Is a Bed of Roses

1983•1h 50m•5.7/10
DramaComedy

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5.7/10(33)

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.

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Production

Soprofilms, Fideline Films, Filmédis, Les Films Ariane, Films A2

Language

FR

Status

Released

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Cast

Vittorio Gassman

Vittorio Gassman

Walter Guarini

Ruggero Raimondi

Ruggero Raimondi

Count Michel Forbek

Fanny Ardant

Fanny Ardant

Livia Cerasquier

Geraldine Chaplin

Geraldine Chaplin

Nora Winkle

Sabine Azéma

Sabine Azéma

Élisabeth Rousseau

Pierre Arditi

Pierre Arditi

Robert Dufresne

Robert Manuel

Robert Manuel

Georges Leroux

Martine Kelly

Martine Kelly

Claudine Obertin

Samson Fainsilber

Samson Fainsilber

Zoltán Forbek

Véronique Silver

Véronique Silver

Nathalie Holberg

André Dussollier

André Dussollier

Raoul Vandamme

Guillaume Boisseau

Frédéric

Sabine Thomas

Marie

Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu

Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu

Teacher

Rodolphe Schacher

Pierre

Jean-Claude Arnaud

Jean-Claude Arnaud

Driver of the van

Lucienne Hamon

Lucienne Hamon

Juliette Watelet

Jean-Louis Richard

Jean-Louis Richard

Father Jean Watelet

Hélène Patarot

Hélène Patarot

Thi Lan

Flavie Ducorps

Nora Winkle's daughter

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