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Director:

Alain Resnais

Writer:

Jean Gruault (writer)

Contact:

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Release Date:

20 April 1983 (France) more

Genre:

Drama | Comedy | Musical more

Plot:

Three intertwined tales. On the eve of the First World War, Count Forbek starts to build a fantastic castle in the Ardennes forest... more | add synopsis

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Awards:

2 nominations more

User Comments:

See it (hear it) for the score alone. more (6 total)


Cast

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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 ... Georges Leroux
Martine Kelly ... Claudine Obertin
Samson Fainsilber ... Zoltán Forbek
Véronique Silver ... Nathalie Holberg
André Dussollier ... Raoul Vandamme
Guillaume Boisseau ... Frédéric
Sabine Thomas ... Marie
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu ... School Teacher
Rodolphe Schacher ... Pierre
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Life Is a Bed of Roses (USA)
A Vida É um Romance (Brazil) (TV title) (Portugal) [pt]
La vida es una novela (Argentina) (Mexico) [es]
Das Leben ist ein Roman (West Germany) [de]
I zoi einai ena romantzo (Greece) [el]
La vita è un romanzo (Italy) [it]
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Runtime:

110 min | Argentina:111 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Company:

Fideline Films more


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6 out of 15 people found the following comment useful.
See it (hear it) for the score alone., 31 July 1999
Author: sissypower from san diego

Having seen this film only once, in 1983 during its initial NYC engagement, I can resonantly advise anyone lucky enough to get the chance: prepare for elegant effervescence. The score by itself is unforgettable -- giddy, but it'll haunt you.

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