
Life Is a Bed of Roses
1983 · Movie · 110 min · ★ 5.8 · 73% critics
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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Details
- Original title
- La vie est un roman
- Years
- 1983
- Release date
- 1983-04-20
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Critic score
- 73/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.8/10 (34 votes)
Cast & crew

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
Directed by Alain Resnais