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.

Cast

Vittorio Gassman

Walter Guarini

Ruggero Raimondi

Count Michel Forbek

Fanny Ardant

Livia Cerasquier

Geraldine Chaplin

Nora Winkle

Sabine Azéma

Élisabeth Rousseau