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Life Is a Bed of Roses(Movie, 1983)

Original title: "La vie est un roman" (French/FR)
1h 50min | Genres: Drama, Comedy
Life Is a Bed of RosesRating: 3.1/5 (with 1111 votes)
Life Is a Bed of Roses (French: La vie est un roman) is a 1983 French film directed by Alain Resnais from a screenplay by Jean Gruault. The English-language distribution title of the film is Life Is a Bed of Roses, though it has also been known as Forbek's Castle and Life Is a Fairy Tale. A literal translation of the original title is "Life is a novel [or story, romance]"; in the film the French quotation (or misquotation) is attributed to Napoleon. ()
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About Life Is a Bed of Roses

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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Additional Information

Production country: France
Original language: French (FR)
Spoken languages: French (FR)
Translated into 13 languages: Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Turkish (TR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 04/20/1983
Director: Alain Resnais
Screenwriter: Jean Gruault
Director of Photography: Bruno Nuytten
Composer: Philippe-Gérard
Costume designer: Enki Bilal
Production Designer: Enki Bilal
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Ondes de choc - Journal de ma tête"
"Ondes de Choc – Journal de Ma Tête"
"Shock Waves – Diary of My Mind"
"Shock Waves - Diary of My Mind"
Keywords: musical

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