Jean Rochefort

Etienne Dorsay

Claude Brasseur

Daniel

Guy Bedos

Simon Messina, doctor

Victor Lanoux

Boulifet, aka 'Bouly'

Danièle Delorme

Marthe Dorsay, Étienne's wife

Marthe Villalonga

Mouchy Messina, Simon's possessive mother

Jenny Arasse

Bernadette, designer collaborating with Étienne

Josiane Balasko

Josy, Lucien's girlfriend

Elisabeth Margoni

Daisy, Bouly's fiancée

Pascale Reynaud

Delphine, Étienne's younger daughter

Maïa Simon

Madame Chalamand, Simon's lover

Jean-Pierre Castaldi

Bully

Vania Vilers

Banoît, Marthe's lover

Daniel Gélin

Bastien, stage director

Gaby Sylvia

Marie-Christine Bosquet, Daniel's director

Christophe Bourseiller

Lucien

Carole Jacquinot

Mireille, Simon's girlfriend

Claude Legros

Taxi driver

Janine Souchon

Bouly's secretary

Philippe Chemin

Paul Descombes

Elisabeth Rambert

Michel Bonnet

Skinny colleague / Waiter (uncredited)

Vladimir Cosma

Violinist at Mouchy's party (uncredited)

Philippe Gildas

Radio news host (voice) (uncredited)