La vie est un roman

Hélène Patarot as Thi Lan Pierre Arditi as Robert Dufresne Lucienne Hamon as Juliette Watelet Jean-Claude Corbel as The legendary hero Cathy Berberian as Nanny Martine Kelly as Claudine Obertin Jean-Pierre Dravel Ruggero Raimondi as Count Michel Forbek Jean-Louis Richard as Father Jean Watelet Samson Fainsilber as Zoltán Forbek Jean-Claude Arnaud as Driver of the van Bérangère Bonvoisin Véronique Silver as Nathalie Holberg Philippe Besson Vittorio Gassman as Walter Guarini Michel Muller as Bertin Yann Dedet Geraldine Chaplin as Nora Winkle François-Eric Gendron Philippe Laudenbach as Educator enemy of gratuitous daydreaming Jérôme Anger Valérie Dréville Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu as Teacher Sabine Azéma as Élisabeth Rousseau André Dussollier as Raoul Vandamme Jean-Michel Dupuis as Laplaud, kindergarten teacher Robert Cantarella Fanny Ardant as Livia Cerasquier Francine Bergé as Young girl fan of happiness Serge Feuillard Robert Manuel as Georges Leroux Eric Franklin

Alain Resnais Director Jean Gruault Writer Philippe Turlure Set Decoration Catherine Leterrier Costume Design Bruno Nuytten Director of Photography Enki Bilal Production Design, Costume Design Jacques Saulnier Production Design