Omar Sy

Rafael Padilla, aka Chocolat

James Thierrée

George Footit

Clotilde Hesme

Marie Hecquet

Olivier Gourmet

Joseph Oller

Frédéric Pierrot

Théodore Delvaux

Noémie Lvovsky

Yvonne Delvaux

Alice de Lencquesaing

Camille

Alex Descas

Victor

Olivier Rabourdin

Firmin Gemier

Thibault de Montalembert

Jules Moy

Héléna Soubeyrand

Régina Badet

Xavier Beauvois

Jacques Potin

Christophe Fluder

Marval, the lilliputian

Antonin Maurel

The clown Ortis

Mick Holsbeke

The clown Green

Wilfred Benaïche

Mr Constantine

John Arnold

The Corsica

Olympe

Suzanne (6 years old)

Timothé Vom Dorp

Eugène (8 years old)

Clovis Fouin

Frédo

Cédric Appietto

Leca

Hocine Choutri

Ray

Dan Herzberg

Fergus

Eric Kailey

Guardian Mace

Bô Gaultier de Kermoal

Lee

Matthieu Rozé

Beardless gendarme

Stefan Godin

Mustached gendarme

Denis Podalydès

Louis Lumière

Bruno Podalydès

Auguste Lumière

Fernando Echevarría

Mr Delmont

Phénix Brossard

Eugène (young man)

Luc Antoni

The father

Achille Potier

The child

Anne-Lise Kedvès

Client

Isabelle Mazin

Grocer

Jean-Gilles Barbier

Elderly player

Pierre Alloggia

Guide

Jean-Pol Brissart

Professor Lannelongue

Luis Francisco Cruz

Rafael's father

Linnett Hernandez Valdes

Rafael's mother

Andy Gillet

Transvestite

Marie-Pierre Bellefleur

Neighbor

Vincent Nemeth

Journalist

Jérémy Alberti

Journalist

Yvo Muller

Journalist

Claire Morin

Journalist

Serge Massot

Manetti

Félix Kysyl

Street vendor

Thierry Nenez

Hotelkeeper

Félix Bossuet

Gustave

Marina Pastor

Theater assistant

Raphaël Caduc

Eugène (14 years old)

Lilly Rose Debos

Child

Stéphane Varupenne

Lodovico

Cyprien Craipeau

Sick child

Anthony Ursin

Child at the exit of the artists

Michel Amsellem

Pianist

Michèle Clément

Spectator

Roman Kossowski

Player

Delphine Montaigne

Émilia

Agathe Anquez

(uncredited)

Rafaël de Ferran

(uncredited)

Geoffroy de La Taille

(uncredited)

Blandine Laignel

(uncredited)

Romain Ogerau

(uncredited)

David Benhamou

Spectator in the theatre (uncredited)

Mikael Buxton

Aristocrat (uncredited)

Alexia Giordano

Prostitude (uncredited)

Elise Lissague

Prostitude (uncredited)

Julia Effertz

Esmeralda (voice) (uncredited)