Life Is a Bed of Roses ( La Vie est un roman )

Life Is a Bed of Roses (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: La Vie est un roman
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Ceasar Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
106 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1983 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Alain Resnais

Written By:
Alain Resnais
Jean Gruault

Actors:
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
Andre Dussollier ..... Raoul Vandamme
Guillaume Boisseau ..... Frédéric
Sabine Thomas ..... Marie
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu ..... School Teacher
Rodolphe Schacher ..... Pierre

Synopsis:

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.

At the beginning of the century Comte Michel Forbek began to build a fabulous chateau in the oriental style, but at the outbreak of World War I only a small part was completed. In 1918 the Comte was penniless and could not afford to finish his project.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 20 April, 2007.

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