Cast

Claude Brasseur

François Beretton



Brigitte Fossey

Françoise Beretton



Sophie Marceau

Victoire Beretton, known as “Vic”



Denise Grey

Poupette, François' grandmother, Vic's great-grandmother



Pierre Cosso

Philippe Berthier



Lambert Wilson

Félix Maréchal



Alexandre Sterling

Mathieu



Sheila O'Connor

Pénélope Fontanet



Alexandra Gonin

Samantha Fontanet, Penelope's younger sister



Daniel Russo

Étienne, François' dentist friend



Jean-Philippe Léonard

Stéphane



Laurent N'Diaye

Arnaud



Philippe Kelly

Reddo



Alain Beigel

Raoul



Laetitia Gabrielli

Joëlle, who has to take her swimming test without knowing how to swim



Frédérique Pressmann

Géraldine, with dental braces



Christopher Beaunay

Jean-Pierre



Laurence Gigon

Caroline



Nathalie Riqué

Lydia, Vic's rival



Claudia Morin

Mrs. Fontanet, mother of Pénélope



Jean Leuvrais

Professor Portal, in Lyon



Zabou Breitman

Catherine, Philippe's ex



Marie Bunel

Owner of “Studio 27” lent for Mathieu’s Party



Robert Le Béal

Doctor Colbert, president of the jury, defense of François



Robert Dalban

Serge, waiter at “La Coupole”



Janine Souchon

Mrs. Monnet, Vic's parents' "secret agent"



Michel Bonnet

Taxi driver (“no smoking”)



Gaëlle Legrand

Cécile, at the restaurant, sitting next to Félix



Patricia Millardet

Cécile's friend at the restaurant, sitting opposite Félix



Annette Poivre

Adrienne



Lucienne Legrand

Lady who takes offense at the Mozart concert in Salzburg



Mathieu Rivolier

Researcher in the lab with François



Catherine Griffoni

Thérèse, trainee “mouse” who works with François



Hélène Hily

Nurse at the hospital



Eva Harling

Zoé



Vladimir Cosma

Self, at the recording studio for Poupette



Michel Derain

French Teacher (uncredited)



Francis Lemaire

Samantha's little buddy



Dominique Bauguil

Felix's friend



Gérard Cuvier

Shy customer



Jérôme Nobécourt

Bartender at the “Cook da Books” concert



Philippe Kelly

Fredo, Philippe's friend



Jacques Ferrière



Valérie Marlière



Robert E. Weill



Anouk Vidal



Virginie Nègre



Jean-Jacques Merle



Marie-Laurence



Frédéric Lorgeoux



Olivier Gins

Marc



François Demarle



Philippe Aussant



Jean-Louis Airola

Cop controlling Vic as a "prostitute" (uncredited)



Michel Berreur

Cop controlling Vic as a "prostitute" (uncredited)



Danièle Thompson

Woman in restaurant, dining with François and Françoise (uncredited)



Caroline Thompson

Girl at the bar at Cook da Books concert (uncredited)



Jacques Chancel

Self, at “La Coupole” (uncredited)



Élie Chouraqui

Claude Barrac, at the restaurant talking to Françoise (uncredited)



Xavier Gélin

Gilles, Françoise's work colleague (uncredited)



Olivier Pourcel

Lucas, Pénélope and Samantha's little brother (uncredited)



Henri Labussière

Neighbor of Mathieu (uncredited)



Sandrine Bonnaire

High school student (silhouette) (uncredited)