Life Is a Bed of Roses(La vie est un roman)
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France · 1983
Rated PG · 1h 50m
Director Alain Resnais
Starring Vittorio Gassman, Ruggero Raimondi, Fanny Ardant, Geraldine Chaplin
Genre Drama, Comedy
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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.
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