---
title: 'Life Is a Bed of Roses (1983)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Alain Resnais'
released: '1983-04-20'
runtime_minutes: 110
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/life-is-a-bed-of-roses-1983'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086542/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Life Is a Bed of Roses (1983)

1983 · 110 min · Drama, Music · France

Original title: La vie est un roman

## Synopsis

Life Is a Bed of Roses 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 is attributed to Napoleon.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Alain Resnais](https://cinepixo.com/people/alain-resnais)
- **Screenplay:** [Jean Gruault](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-gruault)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Philippe Gérard](https://cinepixo.com/people/philippe-gerard)
- **Producer:** [Philippe Dussart](https://cinepixo.com/people/philippe-dussart)
- **Director of Photography:** [Bruno Nuytten](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruno-nuytten)
- **Editor:** [Albert Jurgenson](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-jurgenson)

## Cast

- [François-Eric Gendron](https://cinepixo.com/people/francois-eric-gendron)
- [Guillaume Boisseau](https://cinepixo.com/people/guillaume-boisseau)
- [Bérangère Bonvoisin](https://cinepixo.com/people/berangere-bonvoisin)
- [Françoise Rigal](https://cinepixo.com/people/francoise-rigal)
- [Jean-Michel Dupuis](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-michel-dupuis)
- [Vittorio Gassman](https://cinepixo.com/people/vittorio-gassman)
- [Carol Lixon](https://cinepixo.com/people/carol-lixon)
- [Francine Bergé](https://cinepixo.com/people/francine-berge)
- [Geraldine Chaplin](https://cinepixo.com/people/geraldine-chaplin)
- [Jean-Pierre Dravel](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-pierre-dravel)
- [Jean-Louis Richard](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-louis-richard)
- [Françoise Morhange](https://cinepixo.com/people/francoise-morhange)
- [Jean-Claude Arnaud](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-claude-arnaud)
- [Pierre Arditi](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-arditi)
- [Martine Kelly](https://cinepixo.com/people/martine-kelly)

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