Jean Rochefort character Étienne
Claude Brasseur character Daniel
Guy Bedos character Simon
Victor Lanoux character « Bouly »
Danièle Delorme character Marthe
Anny Duperey character Charlotte
Marthe Villalonga character Mouchy, Simon's mother
Louise Conte character Étienne's godmother
Maurice Bénichou character Gonthier
Christophe Bourseiller character Lucien
Jean Lescot character worried patient
Martine Sarcey character Esperanza
Catherine Verlor character Stéphanie, Étienne's older daughter
Pascale Reynaud character Delphine, Étienne's younger daughter
Richard Saint-Bris character Charles, Mouchy's companion
Jean Lanier character Deschanels
Anne-Marie Blot character Marie-Ange, "Bouly"'s wife
Hélène Calzarelli character Miss Pintard
Jean-Claude Magret character Étienne's collaborator
Anémone character concierge
Carina Barone character photographer (uncredited)
Jean-François Dérec character man who alerts firefighters (uncredited)
Pierre Malet character Eric (uncredited)
Gérald Calderon character Daniel's companion (uncredited)
Bernard Charlan character fire captain (uncredited)
Marie-Thérèse Orain character Cintra waitress (uncredited)
Jean-Paul Solal character Charlotte's husband (uncredited)
Maurice Illouz character bartender (uncredited)