Life Is a Bed of Roses
Apr 20 1983
•2h 50m
•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.
Cast
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Vittorio Gassman
Walter Guarini
Ruggero Raimondi
Count Michel Forbek
Fanny Ardant
Livia Cerasquier
Geraldine Chaplin
Nora Winkle
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