Jasmine Trinca as Maria Montessori

Leïla Bekhti as Lili d’Alengy

Rafaëlle Sonneville-Caby as Tina d'Alengy

Raffaele Esposito as Giuseppe Ferruccio Montesano

Laura Borelli as Carlotta

Nancy Huston as Betsy

Agathe Bonitzer as Clarisse

Sébastien Pouderoux as Jean Itard

Pietro Ragusa as Le prince

Raffaella Ducrey Giordano as Anna

Georgia Ives as Giorgia

Stefano Abbati as Cesare Lombroso

Gianfranco Poddighe as Guido Baccelli

Renato Sarti as Alessandro Montessori

Patrizia La Fonte as Renilde Montessori

Daniela Macaluso as Sarta

Roberto Zibetti as Le journaliste

Irina Valvilova as La russe chez Betsy

Luciana Castellucci as Mme Montesano

Emily Di Ronza as Une étudiante

Claudio Giova as Conseil Scientifique

Enrico Basile as Conseil Scientifique

Giacomo Fadda as Conseil Scientifique