Life Is a Bed of Roses

Life Is a Bed of Roses (1983)

Drama Comedy

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.

star 5.7 6.2 78%
  • Release Date: 1983-04-20
  • Runtime: 1h 50min
  • Director: Alain Resnais

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    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

    • Jean-Claude Corbel

      The legendary hero

    • Jean-Michel Dupuis

      Laplaud, kindergarten teacher

    • Michel Muller

      Bertin

    • Philippe Laudenbach

      Educator enemy of gratuitous daydreaming

    • Cathy Berberian

      Nanny

    • Marc Adjadj

    • Nelly Alard

    • Tony Ammirati

    • Sébastien Angebault

    • Jérôme Anger

    • Michel Batilliet

    • Francine Bergé

      Young girl fan of happiness

    • Jean-Noël Bert

    • Tomasz Białkowski

    • Patricia Bilal

    • Charlotte Bonnet

    • Bérangère Bonvoisin

    • Valérie Bousquet

    • Michel Brinquier

    • Linda Bruno

    • Robert Cantarella

    • Catherine Cauwet

    • Elisabeth Chailloux

    • Pierre Charras

    • Raphaëline Chauvière

    • Eve Cotton

    • Jean Crubelier

    • Yann Dedet

    • Garrick Dowhen

    • Jean-Pierre Dravel

    • Valérie Dréville

    • Nicolas Dumayet

    • Michelle Dumon

    • Jean-Marie Duprez

    • Thierry Ferrer

    • Serge Feuillard

    • Eric Franklin

    • Pierre Frano

    • Marie Gascon

    • François-Eric Gendron

    • Philippe Besson