Daniel Auteuil as Jean, le capitaine

Emir Kusturica as Joseph Auguste Néel

Juliette Binoche as Pauline, l'épouse du capitaine

Michel Duchaussoy as le gouverneur

Philippe Magnan as le président Venot

Christian Charmetant as le commissaire de la Marine

Philippe du Janerand as le chef douanier

Reynald Bouchard as Louis Ollivier

Ghyslain Tremblay as Monsieur Chevassus, le bourreau

Marc Béland as le soldat Loïc

Yves Jacques as le contre-amiral

Maurice Chevit as le père du gouverneur

Catherine Lascault as la Malvilain

Dominique Quesnel as le propriétaire

Anne-Marie Philipe as l'épouse du gouverneur

Sylvie Moreau as Adrienne

Isabelle Spade as femme du président Venot

Geneviève Cocke as Femme lavoir

Manon Gauthier as Femme lavoir

Marianne C. Miron as Mme Chevassus

Michel Daigle as Père Coupard

Luc Guérin as Le Capitaine Dumontier

Neil Kroetsch as Le Commandant Marie Galante

Raymond Cloutier as L'Adjudant

Patrick Steltzer as Le Brigadier

Patrick Caux as Le Jeune Militaire

Bernard Tanguay as L'Ordonnance

Serge Christianssens as Tambour

Martin Larocque as Le Crieur

Boris Napes as Assesseur

Yvon Roy as Granjean

Luc Proulx as Client Café

Stéfan Perrault as Le Rameur

Sarah McKenna as Émilie