Jean Rochefort as Etienne Dorsay

Claude Brasseur as Daniel

Guy Bedos as Simon Messina, doctor

Victor Lanoux as Boulifet, aka 'Bouly'

Danièle Delorme as Marthe Dorsay, Étienne's wife

Marthe Villalonga as Mouchy Messina, Simon's possessive mother

Jenny Arasse as Bernadette, designer collaborating with Étienne

Josiane Balasko as Josy, Lucien's girlfriend

Anne-Marie Blot as Marie-Ange, Bouly's ex-wife

Elisabeth Margoni as Daisy, Bouly's fiancée

Pascale Reynaud as Delphine, Étienne's younger daughter

Maïa Simon as Madame Chalamand, Simon's lover

Catherine Verlor as Stéphanie, Étienne's older daughter

Jean-Pierre Castaldi as Bully

Vania Vilers as Banoît, Marthe's lover

Daniel Gélin as Bastien, stage director

Gaby Sylvia as Marie-Christine Bosquet, Daniel's director

Christophe Bourseiller as Lucien

Carole Jacquinot as Mireille, Simon's girlfriend

Claude Legros as Taxi driver

Janine Souchon as Bouly's secretary

Philippe Chemin as

Paul Descombes as

Marc Françoise as

André Lambert as

Elisabeth Rambert as

Michel Bonnet as Skinny colleague / Waiter (uncredited)

Vladimir Cosma as Violinist at Mouchy's party (uncredited)

Philippe Gildas as Radio news host (voice) (uncredited)