Mother

Claudia Cardinale

Araxi (Mayrig) Zakarian

Omar Sharif

Hagop Zakarian

Nathalie Roussel

Gayane

Isabelle Sadoyan

Anna

Jacky Nercessian

Apkar

Richard Berry

Pierre Zakar (voice only)

Cédric Doucet

Azad age 7

Tom Ponsin

Azad age 12

Stéphane Servais

Azad age 20

Serge Avédikian

Vaksen Papasian

Michèle Bardollet

Madeleine

Christian Barbier

Father Pignon

Patrick Timsit

Garbis, locksmith

Nicolas Silberg

Lawyer

Denis Podalydès

Soghomon Tehlirian

Jean-Pierre Delage

Doctor Philibert

André Julien

Monsieur Anzani

Ticky Holgado

Zakarians' angry and racist neighbor

Jean Panisse

Butcher

Claudie Arif

Yvette Petit

Paulette Frantz

Madame Pellegrin, concierge

Inge Offerman

Gilles Treton

Marie-France Santon

Bernard Freyd

Doctor Lehimberg

Philippe Morier-Genoud

Prosecutor

Patrick Gourevitch

Clerk

Mireille Franchino

Pierre-Olivier Faïs

Alexandre age 7

Christophe Combettes

Sébastien Rochelle

Vartanian

Gérard Torikian

Vince Castello

Mario Luraschi

Patrick Steltzer

Francine Olivier

Henri Meliani

Véronique Delestaing

Jean-Gabriel Nordmann

Gérard Billon

Hubert Foulon

Georges Wilson

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