Drama / Comedy /

Score: 57%( 33 votes )

Overview: 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.

Cast:

Vittorio Gassman
Walter Guarini

Ruggero Raimondi
Count Michel Forbek

Fanny Ardant
Livia Cerasquier

Geraldine Chaplin
Nora Winkle

Sabine Azéma
Élisabeth Rousseau

Pierre Arditi
Robert Dufresne

Robert Manuel
Georges Leroux

Martine Kelly
Claudine Obertin

Samson Fainsilber
Zoltán Forbek

Véronique Silver
Nathalie Holberg

André Dussollier
Raoul Vandamme

Guillaume Boisseau
Frédéric

Sabine Thomas
Marie

Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu
Teacher

Rodolphe Schacher
Pierre

Jean-Claude Arnaud
Driver of the van

Lucienne Hamon
Juliette Watelet

Jean-Louis Richard
Father Jean Watelet

Hélène Patarot
Thi Lan

Flavie Ducorps
Nora Winkle's daughter

Jean-Claude Corbel
The legendary hero

Jean-Michel Dupuis
Laplaud, kindergarten teacher

Michel Muller
Bertin

Philippe Laudenbach
Educator enemy of gratuitous daydreaming

Cathy Berberian
Nanny

Marc Adjadj

Nelly Alard

Tony Ammirati

Sébastien Angebault

Jérôme Anger

Michel Batilliet

Francine Bergé
Young girl fan of happiness

Jean-Noël Bert

Tomasz Białkowski

Patricia Bilal

Charlotte Bonnet

Bérangère Bonvoisin

Valérie Bousquet

Michel Brinquier

Linda Bruno

Robert Cantarella

Catherine Cauwet

Elisabeth Chailloux

Pierre Charras

Raphaëline Chauvière

Eve Cotton

Jean Crubelier

Yann Dedet

Garrick Dowhen

Jean-Pierre Dravel

Valérie Dréville

Nicolas Dumayet

Michelle Dumon

Jean-Marie Duprez

Thierry Ferrer

Serge Feuillard

Eric Franklin

Pierre Frano

Marie Gascon

François-Eric Gendron

Philippe Besson