Jean Yanne

Max

Jodie Foster

Isabelle Tristan, aka 'Fleur bleue'

Sydne Rome

Sophie Tristan, aka 'Blé des champs'

Bernard Giraudeau

Isidore

Claude Gensac

School headmaster

Marthe Villalonga

Mrs. Passemard

Lila Kedrova

Countess de Tocqueville

Odette Laure

Olga, janitor

Daniel Russo

Commercials director

Robert Rollis

The neighbor

Laurence Masliah

Schoolgirl

Henri Courseaux

Jacqueline Jefford

French teacher

Max Meynier

Max Meynier

Zoé Chauveau

Michel Elias

Jean-François Vlerick

François Guétary

Henri Lambert

Martine Stedil

Gas station attendant (uncredited)