Willem Dafoe as Pier Paolo Pasolini

Ninetto Davoli as Epifanio

Riccardo Scamarcio as Ninetto Davoli

Valerio Mastandrea as Nico Naldini

Roberto Zibetti as Carlo

Andrea Bosca as Andrea Fago

Giada Colagrande as Graziella Chiarcossi

Damiano Tamilia as Pino Pelosi

Francesco Siciliano as Furio Colombo

Luca Lionello as Narrator (voice)

Salvatore Ruocco as Politician

Adriana Asti as Susanna Pasolini

Maria de Medeiros as Laura Betti

Guillaume Rumiel Braun as Interviewer

Dounia Sichov as Stewardess

Pietro Angelini as Sandro

Caterina Fornaciai as Stewardess Petroi

Rosa Diletta Rossi as Patrizia

Matthias Arduini as Patrizia's Child

Francesco Acquaroli as Aldo Pommidoro

Rossana Bravi as Mari Pommidoro

Emilia Folcarelli as Epifanio's Wife

Lola Pagnani as Woman at Market

Tatiana Luter as Woman at Station

Luca Tartaglia as Policeman #1

Christian Burruano as Policeman #2

Adamo Dionisi as Guide

Cristina Chiriac as Feast Party Queen

Valerio Troiani as Feast Party King

Roberto Panzironi as Biondo Tevere Owner

Angelica Di Majo as Biondo Tevere Woman

Alberto Iocca as Kid Idroscalo

Marco Pizzi as Kid Idroscalo

Davide Argenti as Kid Idoscalo

Menina Filacchione as Mother Idoscalo

Amedeo Sgaramella as Fisherman Idroscalo

Donato Placido as Marble Hall Politician

Roberto Di Palma as Marble Hall Politician

Diego Pagotto as Marble Hall Politician

Luigi Di Majo as Marble Hall Politician

Carlo Di Majo as Marble Hall Politician

Beatrice Palme as Intellectual

Tommaso Capolicchio as Intellectual

Corrado Sabellico as Intellectual

Gabriella Bonacchi as Intellectual

Elisabetta Magrini as Intellectual

Frank Serina as Intellectual

Ferdinando Emilio Abbate as Intellectual

Julie Thibaudeau as Intellectual

Filippo Chiricozzi as Intellectual

Lana Vlady as Intellectual

Jaime Manca Di Villahermosa as Intellectual

Elena Di Majo as Intellectual

Roberta Ruta as Intellectual

Gabriella D'Aloia as Intellectual

Vincenzo Bruno as Intellectual

Luigi Coldagelli as Intellectual

Giuseppe Alagna as Intellectual

Paola Mostile as Intellectual

Michele Leone as Intellectual

Pierpaolo Zerilli as Intellectual

Teresa Figurelli as Intellectual

Tullio Bandettini as Intellectual

Maddalena Libertini as Intellectual

Antonio Bottazzo as Intellectual

Omero Dafano as Intellectual

Alessandra Pugliese as Intellectual

Daniele Archibugi as Intellectual

Barbara Belsanti as Intellectual

Nathanaël Poupin as Intellectual

Michele Rabbia as Feast of Fertility Orgyist

Laura Sinceri as Feast of Fertility Orgyist

Alessandra Ribis as Feast of Fertility Orgyist

Mauro Cardinali as Feast of Fertility Orgyist

Marika Esposito as Feast of Fertility Orgyist

Daniel Plat as Feast of Fertility Orgyist

Francesca Federici as Person at Market

Gaetano Gentile as Person at Market

Emilia Marra as Person at Market

Maurizio Oliva as Person at Market

Maria Antonietta Mariani as Person at Market

Filippo Cimzic as Person at Market

Loredana Bignami as Person at Market

Eugenio De Simone as Person at Market

Giuseppe Palmulli as Person at Market

Piero La Rotonda as Person at Market

Alessandro Vendetti as Termini Kid

Eduardo Valdarnini as Termini Kid

Marco Felli as Termini Kid

Momo Casablanca as Gay Man (uncredited)

Chiara Caselli as Laura Betti (voice) (uncredited)

Tullia Di Nardo as Airplane Passenger (uncredited)

Fabrizio Gifuni as Pier Paolo Pasolini (voice) (uncredited)

Luca Guastini as Termini Kid (uncredited)