| Life Is a Bed of Roses | |
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 Theatrical release poster (artwork: Enki Bilal) | |
| Directed by | Alain Resnais |
| Written by | Jean Gruault |
| Produced by | Philippe Dussart |
| Starring | Vittorio Gassman Ruggero Raimondi Fanny Ardant Geraldine Chaplin Pierre Arditi |
| Cinematography | Bruno Nuytten |
| Edited by | Albert Jurgenson |
| Music by | Philippe-Gérard |
| Distributed by | AAA-Soprofilms Distribution |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Box office | $2.3 million[1] |
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.