Muriel Robin as Marie Besnard

Mélanie Bernier as Simone Roulier

Jean-Yves Chatelais as Léon Besnard

Mado Maurin as Marie-Louise Davaillaud

Frank Geney as Ady

Annie Grégorio as Louise Pinson

Olivier Saladin as Auguste Leclerc

Gérard Chaillou as Bodin

Marie-France Santon as Solange Trousseau

Grégory Fitoussi as Maître André Vidal

Pascal Rénéric as Jacques

Philippe Magnan as Maître Gabard

Jean-Noël Brouté as Inspector Lavalette

Jean-Paul Dubois as Doctor Vallois

Maëva Pasquali as Marylou

Anne Loiret as Thérèse Roulier, Simone's mother

Anne Girouard as Henriette, postwoman

Jean-Paul Bonnaire as Gaston, gravedigger

Nicolas Jouhet as René Davaillaud

Marie-Hélène Lentini as Mrs. Rossignol

Maria Ducceschi as Mrs. Duzac

Stéphane Jobert as Garnier

Zazie Delem as Ginette Baujan

Vincent Duviau as Célestin Fichet

Jean-Pierre Alessandrini as Mr. Bonbour

Maurice Antoni as Frédéric Joliot-Curie

François Aramburu as Pixier

Marie Berto as Chief supervisor

Pascal Besson as Journalist

Cécile Bois as Maître Chantal Jacquemin

Mathieu Bonnet as Medical student

Olivier Brocheriou as Jean-Claude Bodin

Julien Cafaro as Doctor Cellier

René Carton as Professor Griffon

Bastien Clerin as Choirboy

Laurent Cotillard as Customer of Bodin’s café

Alain Debruyne as General advocate of Paris

Max Delor as Professor Kohn-Abres

Michel Deshayes as Journalist

Philippe du Janerand as President Guirec

Philippe Faure as Professor Peccoux

Norbert Ferrer as RTF technician

Frédérique Gautier as Mrs. Vidal mother

Benoît Georges as Professor Ollivier

Didier Gourdin as Caricature artist

Peter Huc as Laboratory operator

Pierre Laroche as President Boissier

Jacques Leplus as Professor Kelling

Gérard Levoyer as Customer of Bodin’s café

Pascal Lifschutz as The wine merchant

François Loiseau as Journalist

Françoise Loreau as Warden

Jérémy Martin as RTF technician

Régine Mondion as Inmate

Thierry Nenez as Journalist

André Penvern as Professor Boiledieu

Kévin Petureau as Medical student

Edouard Pretet as Court clerk

Jean-Marc Roulot as Professor Perrot

Joe Sheridan as English journalist

Jean-Louis Stanek as Journalist

Olga Vincent as RTF's makeup artist