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About
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.
Theatrical
Aug 19, 1984
Director
Producer
Music
Studio
Soprofilms, Fideline Films, Filmédis, Les Films Ariane, Films A2
Original Title
La vie est un roman
Original Language
French
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Cast
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Vittorio Gassman
Walter Guarini
R
Ruggero Raimondi
Count Michel Forbek
F
Fanny Ardant
Livia Cerasquier
G
Geraldine Chaplin
Nora Winkle
S
Sabine Azéma
Élisabeth Rousseau
P
Pierre Arditi
Robert Dufresne
R
Robert Manuel
Georges Leroux
M
Martine Kelly
Claudine Obertin
S
Samson Fainsilber
Zoltán Forbek
V
Véronique Silver
Nathalie Holberg
A
André Dussollier
Raoul Vandamme
G
Guillaume Boisseau
Frédéric
B
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu
Teacher
J
Jean-Claude Arnaud
Driver of the van
L
Lucienne Hamon
Juliette Watelet
J
Jean-Louis Richard
Father Jean Watelet
H
Hélène Patarot
Thi Lan
J
Jean-Michel Dupuis
Laplaud, kindergarten teacher
M
Michel Muller
Bertin
P
Philippe Laudenbach
Educator enemy of gratuitous daydreaming
