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.
Alain ResnaisDirector
Walter Guarini
Count Michel Forbek
Livia Cerasquier
Nora Winkle
Élisabeth Rousseau
Robert Dufresne
Georges Leroux
Claudine Obertin
Zoltán Forbek
Nathalie Holberg
Raoul Vandamme
Frédéric
Marie
Teacher
Pierre
Driver of the van
Juliette Watelet
Father Jean Watelet
Thi Lan
Nora Winkle's daughter
The legendary hero
Laplaud, kindergarten teacher
Bertin
Educator enemy of gratuitous daydreaming
Nanny
Young girl fan of happiness
