
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.

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










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