Mathieu Amalric as Nasser-Ali Khan

Golshifteh Farahani as Irâne

Édouard Baer as Azraël

Maria de Medeiros as Faringuisse

Isabella Rossellini as Parvine

Éric Caravaca as Abdi

Chiara Mastroianni as Lili, adulte

Mathis Bour as Cyrus

Christian Friedel as Cyrus, 22 ans

Enna Balland as Lili

Didier Flamand as Le maître de musique

Serge Avédikian as Le père d'Irâne

Rona Hartner as Soudabeh

Jamel Debbouze as Houshang / Le mendiant

Frédéric Saurel as Mirza

Julia Goldstern as Nancy

Julia Camps y Salat as Faringuisse enfant

Jaouen Gouevic as Le petit-fils d'Irâne

Timothé Riquet as Nasser-Ali enfant

Angus Boulaire as Abdi enfant

François Legrand as Le maître d'école

Laura Baade as La fille de Cyrus

Dustin Graf as Fils de Cyrus 1

Nomi Kalsar as Fils de Cyrus 2

Jean-Michel Dagory as Socrate

Christian Sengewald as Un élève de Socrate

Adolfo Assor as Homme bazar Rasht

Ilse Strambowski as Vieille femme bus

Tim Williams as Le docteur américain

Dietmar Rüttiger as Le joueur de cartes

Louis-Marie Audubert as Anonyme cimetière 1

Bruno Paviot as Anonyme cimetière 2

Philippe Beglia as Anonyme cimetière 3

Luc Gentil as Médecin de famille

Amit Jacobi as Puppeteer 1