La vie est un roman

Vittorio Gassman

as Walter Guarini

Ruggero Raimondi

as Count Michel Forbek

Fanny Ardant

as Livia Cerasquier

Geraldine Chaplin

as Nora Winkle

Sabine Azéma

as Élisabeth Rousseau

Pierre Arditi

as Robert Dufresne

Robert Manuel

as Georges Leroux

Martine Kelly

as Claudine Obertin

Samson Fainsilber

as Zoltán Forbek

Véronique Silver

as Nathalie Holberg

André Dussollier

as Raoul Vandamme

Guillaume Boisseau

as Frédéric

Sabine Thomas

as Marie

Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu

as Teacher

Rodolphe Schacher

as Pierre

Jean-Claude Arnaud

as Driver of the van

Lucienne Hamon

as Juliette Watelet

Jean-Louis Richard

as Father Jean Watelet

Hélène Patarot

as Thi Lan

Flavie Ducorps

as Nora Winkle's daughter

Jean-Claude Corbel

as The legendary hero

Jean-Michel Dupuis

as Laplaud, kindergarten teacher

Michel Muller

as Bertin

Philippe Laudenbach

as Educator enemy of gratuitous daydreaming

Cathy Berberian

as Nanny

Marc Adjadj

Nelly Alard

Tony Ammirati

Sébastien Angebault

Jérôme Anger

Michel Batilliet

Francine Bergé

as Young girl fan of happiness

Jean-Noël Bert

Tomasz Białkowski

Patricia Bilal

Charlotte Bonnet

Bérangère Bonvoisin

Valérie Bousquet

Michel Brinquier

Linda Bruno

Robert Cantarella

Catherine Cauwet

Elisabeth Chailloux

Pierre Charras

Raphaëline Chauvière

Eve Cotton

Jean Crubelier

Yann Dedet

Garrick Dowhen

Jean-Pierre Dravel

Valérie Dréville

Nicolas Dumayet

Michelle Dumon

Jean-Marie Duprez

Thierry Ferrer

Serge Feuillard

Eric Franklin

Pierre Frano

Marie Gascon

François-Eric Gendron

Philippe Besson