Life Is a Bed of Roses

1h 50m
5.7

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

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
Unknown
Nelly Alard
Unknown
Tony Ammirati
Unknown
Sébastien Angebault
Unknown
Jérôme Anger
Unknown
Michel Batilliet
Unknown
Francine Bergé
Young girl fan of happiness
Jean-Noël Bert
Unknown
Tomasz Białkowski
Unknown
Patricia Bilal
Unknown
Charlotte Bonnet
Unknown
Bérangère Bonvoisin
Unknown
Valérie Bousquet
Unknown
Michel Brinquier
Unknown
Linda Bruno
Unknown
Robert Cantarella
Unknown
Catherine Cauwet
Unknown
Elisabeth Chailloux
Unknown
Pierre Charras
Unknown
Raphaëline Chauvière
Unknown
Eve Cotton
Unknown
Jean Crubelier
Unknown
Yann Dedet
Unknown
Garrick Dowhen
Unknown
Jean-Pierre Dravel
Unknown
Valérie Dréville
Unknown
Nicolas Dumayet
Unknown
Michelle Dumon
Unknown
Jean-Marie Duprez
Unknown
Thierry Ferrer
Unknown
Serge Feuillard
Unknown
Eric Franklin
Unknown
Pierre Frano
Unknown
Marie Gascon
Unknown
François-Eric Gendron
Unknown
Philippe Besson
Unknown