Summary
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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Cast
Vittorio Gassman
Walter Guarini
Ruggero Raimondi
Count Michel Forbek
Fanny Ardant
Livia Cerasquier
Geraldine Chaplin
Nora Winkle
Sabine Azéma
Élisabeth Rousseau
Pierre Arditi
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Claudine Obertin
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Zoltán Forbek
Véronique Silver
Nathalie Holberg
André Dussollier
Raoul Vandamme
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu
Teacher
Jean-Claude Arnaud
Driver of the van
Lucienne Hamon
Juliette Watelet
Jean-Louis Richard
Father Jean Watelet
Hélène Patarot
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Jean-Claude Corbel
The legendary hero
Jean-Michel Dupuis
Laplaud, kindergarten teacher
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