Gérard Depardieu

Gérard Delmas, docker haunted by his sister's suicide

Nastassja Kinski

Loretta Channing, uptown Girl

Victoria Abril

Bella, Gérard's possessive mistress

Bertice Reading

Lola

Gabriel Monnet

Tom

Dominique Pinon

Frank, Gérard's alcoholic brother

Milena Vukotić

Frieda, aging prostitute

Vittorio Mezzogiorno

Newton Channing, Loretta's drifting brother

Anne-Marie Coffinet

Dora

Bernard Farcy

Jésus

Katya Berger

Catherine

Guido Alberti

Guardian of the cathedral

Yves-Marie Maurin

Narrator (voice)

Jacques Herlin

Rosa Fumetto