Life Is a Bed of Roses

Alain Resnais
1983-04-20


5.7
110 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Vittorio Gassman Walter Guarini Unowned
Ruggero Raimondi Count Michel Forbek Unowned
Fanny Ardant Livia Cerasquier Unowned
Geraldine Chaplin Nora Winkle Unowned
Sabine Azéma Élisabeth Rousseau Unowned
Pierre Arditi Robert Dufresne Unowned
Robert Manuel Georges Leroux Unowned
Martine Kelly Claudine Obertin Unowned
Samson Fainsilber Zoltán Forbek Unowned
Véronique Silver Nathalie Holberg Unowned
André Dussollier Raoul Vandamme Unowned
Guillaume Boisseau Frédéric Unowned
Sabine Thomas Marie Unowned
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu Teacher Unowned
Rodolphe Schacher Pierre Unowned
Jean-Claude Arnaud Driver of the van Unowned
Lucienne Hamon Juliette Watelet Unowned
Jean-Louis Richard Father Jean Watelet Unowned
Hélène Patarot Thi Lan Unowned
Flavie Ducorps Nora Winkle's daughter Unowned
Jean-Claude Corbel The legendary hero Unowned
Jean-Michel Dupuis Laplaud, kindergarten teacher Unowned
Michel Muller Bertin Unowned
Philippe Laudenbach Educator enemy of gratuitous daydreaming Unowned
Cathy Berberian Nanny Unowned
Marc Adjadj Unowned
Nelly Alard Unowned
Tony Ammirati Unowned
Sébastien Angebault Unowned
Jérôme Anger Unowned
Michel Batilliet Unowned
Francine Bergé Young girl fan of happiness Unowned
Jean-Noël Bert Unowned
Tomasz Białkowski Unowned
Patricia Bilal Unowned
Charlotte Bonnet Unowned
Bérangère Bonvoisin Unowned
Valérie Bousquet Unowned
Michel Brinquier Unowned
Linda Bruno Unowned
Robert Cantarella Unowned
Catherine Cauwet Unowned
Elisabeth Chailloux Unowned
Pierre Charras Unowned
Raphaëline Chauvière Unowned
Eve Cotton Unowned
Jean Crubelier Unowned
Yann Dedet Unowned
Garrick Dowhen Unowned
Jean-Pierre Dravel Unowned
Valérie Dréville Unowned
Nicolas Dumayet Unowned
Michelle Dumon Unowned
Jean-Marie Duprez Unowned
Thierry Ferrer Unowned
Serge Feuillard Unowned
Eric Franklin Unowned
Pierre Frano Unowned
Marie Gascon Unowned
François-Eric Gendron Unowned
Philippe Besson Unowned