Julian Sands as Adult Nic

Saffron Burrows as English / Italian Twin

Justin Chadwick as Flash Man

Stefano Dionisi as Luca

Kelly Macdonald as Susan

Gina McKee as Susan's Mother

Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Nic, aged 16

Bernard Hill as Susan's Father

Rossy de Palma as Blind Woman

John Cowey as Nic, aged 5

Nina McKay as Mixed Race Girl

Dickson Osa-Omorogbe as Wangi

Jock Gibson Cowl as Old Colonial Man

Femi Ogunbanjo as Adam

Hanne Klintoe as Eve