Daniel Auteuil

Georges Laurent

Juliette Binoche

Anne Laurent

Annie Girardot

Georges's Mother

Bernard Le Coq

Georges's Editor-In-Chief

Daniel Duval

Pierre

Maurice Bénichou

Majid

Walid Afkir

Majid's Son

Lester Makedonsky

Pierrot Laurent

Nathalie Richard

Mathilde

Denis Podalydès

Yvon

Caroline Baehr

Nurse

Christian Benedetti

Georges's Father

Loïc Brabant

Police Officer No. 2

Aïssa Maïga

Chantal

Jean-Jacques Brochier

TV Guest

Paule Daré

The Orphanage Attendant

Louis-Do de Lencquesaing

Bookstore Owner

Annette Faure

Young Georges's Mother

Hugo Flamigni

Young Georges

Peter Stephan Jungk

Writer

Diouc Koma

Cycliste

Marie Kremer

Jeannette

Nicky Marbot

The Orphanage Driver

Malik Nait Djoudi

Young Majid

Marie-Christine Orry

Housekeeper

Mazarine Pingeot

TV Guest

Julie Recoing

Georges's Assistant

Karla Suarez

Novelist

Jean Teulé

TV Guest

Philippe Besson

TV Guest

Laurent Suire

Police Officer No. 1

Carlo Azeglio Ciampi

Self (archive footage)

François Négret

Man in Elevator (uncredited)