Life Is a Bed of Roses

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.

• Alain ResnaisDirector
• Jean GruaultWriter
• Philippe-GérardOriginal Music Composer

• Vittorio GassmanWalter Guarini
• Ruggero RaimondiCount Michel Forbek
• Fanny ArdantLivia Cerasquier
• Geraldine ChaplinNora Winkle
• Sabine AzémaÉlisabeth Rousseau
• Pierre ArditiRobert Dufresne
• Robert ManuelGeorges Leroux
• Martine KellyClaudine Obertin
• Samson FainsilberZoltán Forbek
• Véronique SilverNathalie Holberg
• André DussollierRaoul Vandamme
• Guillaume BoisseauFrédéric