Jean-Claude Brialy as Max Jacob

Dominique Blanc as Alice

Guillaume Gallienne as Max Jacob jeune

Féodor Atkine as Pablo Picasso

Éric Naggar as Le Curé

Ilona Bachelier as Alice enfant

Alexis Michalik as Jean Marais

Jean-Chrétien Sibertin-Blanc as Jean Cocteau

Nâzim Boudjenah as Pablo Picasso jeune

Jean-Claude Dreyfus as Sacha Guitry

Emmanuel Leconte as René

Sarah Stern as Fernande Olivier