Louis Birman as Paul (6 years old)

Dominique Païni as The Painter

Clément Hervieu-Léger as Barthes reader

Françoise Lebrun as The Grandmother

Sandra Laugier as The Philosopher

Olga Milshtein as Philosophy Student

Milo Machado-Graner as Paul (14 years old)

Margaux Mussano as La jeune fille ciné-club

Sam Chemoul as Paul (22 years old)

Marilou Poujardieu as Valérie

Salomé Rose Stein as Sylvia

Micha Lescot as Professor Censier

Soshana Felman as The Philosopher

Kent Jones as The American Friend

Salif Cissé as 30-year-old

Mathieu Amalric as Paul Dédalus (The Filmmaker)

Flavie Dachy as Delphine, la soeur

Taos Hammoudi as Etudiant en philosophie

Noé Castanier as Etudiant en philosophie

Diane Weber-Seban as L'ouvreuse 'Cris et chuchotements'

Arthur Lautier as Lycéen ciné-club

Kahina Lahoucine as Etudiante Censier

Raphael Reboul as Etudiant Censier

Jeremy Zylberberg as Le père

Juliette Baron as La mère

Soren Alluin as Fisèle, le petit frère

Anne-Valérie Payet as La confidente de Paul

Lucie Borleteau as La cinéaste

Arnaud Desplechin as Le narrateur