Life Is a Bed of Roses
Original title: La vie est un roman
1983 · 1 h 50 min
Alain ResnaisCast
Vittorio Gassman 
Ruggero Raimondi 
Geraldine Chaplin 
Fanny Ardant 
Pierre Arditi 
Sabine Azéma
Plot
In this whimsical fable, Resnais explores three historical eras linked by a castle and the dream of an ideal world.
Sinekatalog’s take
Alain Resnais's fantasy, La Vie est un roman, with Vittorio Gassman, Fanny Ardant and Geraldine Chaplin, is dreamy, playful and unusual.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.1 / 10 (1,339 votes)
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