Life Is a Bed of Roses (1983)
Overview
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
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu
Teacher
Jean-Claude Arnaud
Driver of the van
Lucienne Hamon
Juliette Watelet
Jean-Louis Richard
Father Jean Watelet
Hélène Patarot
Thi LanRecommendations
The House of Tomorrow
Heartstrings
Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle
A Brother’s Love
Under the Stars of Paris
An Indian Tale
Take a Chance on Me
CQ
The Children of Chance
Bon Voyage
Macadam Stories
Tenor
The Sweet Escape
Almost Friends
Alice and the Mayor
Somewhere in Queens
Hearts on Fire
The Girl from Paris
Days of Darkness
Meet the Barbarians