Jacques Gamblin as Jacques Cormery

Maya Sansa as Catherine Cormery (1924)

Catherine Sola as Catherine Cormery (1957)

Denis Podalydès as Professor Bernard

Ulla Baugué as Grandma

Nicolas Giraud as Uncle Étienne (1924)

Nino Jouglet as Jacques as a child

Abdelkarim Benhabouccha as Hamoud

Hachemi Abdelmalek as Aziz

Djamel Hadj Saïd as Hamoud as a child

Jean-Paul Bonnaire as Uncle Étienne (1957)

Jean-François Stévenin as Farmer

Michel Crémadès as Graveyard keeper

Mickaël Batret as Student at the wheel (as Michael Batret)

Jean Benoit Souilh as Student

Nicolas Lublin as Journalist

Florent Chesne as Student at the balcony

Franck Mercadal as Speaker

Alexandre Michel as Student

Benoit Bertran de Balanda as Student

Barthélémy Gilet as Jacques' classmate

Jean-Bastien Perichon as Jacques' classmate

Nathan Blanchedan as Jacques's classmate

Mohammed Boubker as Dogcatcher

Mohammed Boubker Jr. as Dogcatcher's son

Christophe Dimitri Réveille as Antoine

Régis Romele as Butcher

Jérôme Le Paulmier as Mill owner

Adij Benguettat as Mill owner's assistant

Celia Ouled Mohand as Child at the tipography

Roumayca Abbou as Child on the stairs

Ygal Egry as French officer

Mohammed Zahir Taifour as Hamoud's brother

Sacha Petronijevic as Civil servant

Hanaë Bardiaux as Girl in the bar

Maurice Antoni as Examining teacher

Alexandre Delamadeleine as Henri Cormery

Franck Beckmann as Settler

Oualahi Messouda as Aziz's mother