Jean Rochefort
Role: Etienne Dorsay
Claude Brasseur
Role: Daniel
Guy Bedos
Role: Simon Messina, doctor
Victor Lanoux
Role: Boulifet, aka 'Bouly'
Danièle Delorme
Role: Marthe Dorsay, Étienne's wife
Marthe Villalonga
Role: Mouchy Messina, Simon's possessive mother
Jenny Arasse
Role: Bernadette, designer collaborating with Étienne
Josiane Balasko
Role: Josy, Lucien's girlfriend
Anne-Marie Blot
Role: Marie-Ange, Bouly's ex-wife
Elisabeth Margoni
Role: Daisy, Bouly's fiancée
Pascale Reynaud
Role: Delphine, Étienne's younger daughter
Maïa Simon
Role: Madame Chalamand, Simon's lover
Catherine Verlor
Role: Stéphanie, Étienne's older daughter
Jean-Pierre Castaldi
Role: Bully
Vania Vilers
Role: Banoît, Marthe's lover
Daniel Gélin
Role: Bastien, stage director
Gaby Sylvia
Role: Marie-Christine Bosquet, Daniel's director
Christophe Bourseiller
Role: Lucien
Carole Jacquinot
Role: Mireille, Simon's girlfriend
Claude Legros
Role: Taxi driver
Janine Souchon
Role: Bouly's secretary
Michel Bonnet
Role: Skinny colleague / Waiter (uncredited)
Vladimir Cosma
Role: Violinist at Mouchy's party (uncredited)
Philippe Gildas
Role: Radio news host (voice) (uncredited)