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Life Is a Bed of Roses (1983)
La vie est un roman (original title)

PG 110 min  -  Drama | Comedy | Musical  -   20 April 1983 (France)
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Three intertwined tales. On the eve of the First World War, Count Forbek starts to build a fantastic castle in the Ardennes forest... See full summary »

Director:

Alain Resnais

Writer:

Jean Gruault
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Vittorio Gassman ...
Walter Guarini
Ruggero Raimondi ...
Comte Michel Forbek / Count Michel Forbek
Geraldine Chaplin ...
Nora Winkle
Fanny Ardant ...
Livia Cerasquier
Pierre Arditi ...
Robert Dufresne
Sabine Azéma ...
Élisabeth Rousseau
Robert Manuel Robert Manuel ...
Georges Leroux
Martine Kelly Martine Kelly ...
Claudine Obertin
Samson Fainsilber Samson Fainsilber ...
Zoltán Forbek
Véronique Silver Véronique Silver ...
Nathalie Holberg
André Dussollier ...
Raoul Vandamme
Guillaume Boisseau Guillaume Boisseau ...
Frédéric
Sabine Thomas Sabine Thomas ...
Marie
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu ...
School Teacher
Rodolphe Schacher Rodolphe Schacher ...
Pierre
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Storyline

Three intertwined tales. On the eve of the First World War, Count Forbek starts to build a fantastic castle in the Ardennes forest. After the war he uses it to start a utopian society by brainwashing his friends, including his former fiancee, Livia, and her husband. In the present day, the castle is being used as an alternative school and, in the summer holidays, for an educational conference. At the conference, the American Nora Winkle bets Claudine that the ernest public school teacher Elisabeth Rousseau will be enticed into the bed of Robert Dufresne, even though the principal speaker, Walter Guarini, is obviously interested in Elisabeth. Meanwhile, the children staying at the castle over the holidays invent their own medieval tale about freeing prisoners from the dungeons. Written by Will Gilbert  

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Plot Keywords:

Education | Eccentric | Drugs | Dream

Genres:

Drama | Comedy | Musical

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Country:

France

Language:

French

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Also Known As:

A Vida É um Romance See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fideline Films, Films A2, Filmédis See more »
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Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)
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Trivia

While old fashioned Kodak film was used for the 1910s scenes and legendary period, modern Fuji film was shot for the 1982 storyline, opposing dreamlike effects of the former to realism of the latter. See more »