Jeremy Irons
Raimund
Mélanie Laurent
Young Estefania
Jack Huston
Amadeu
Martina Gedeck
Mariana
Tom Courtenay
Older João Eca
August Diehl
Young Jorge O'Kelly
Bruno Ganz
Older Jorge O'Kelly
Lena Olin
Older Estefania
Beatriz Batarda
young Adriana
Marco D'Almeida
Young João
Christopher Lee
Father Bartholomeu
Charlotte Rampling
Older Adriana
Nicolau Breyner
Da Silva
Jane Thorne
Older Clotilde
Burghart Klaußner
Judge Prado
Adriano Luz
Mendez
Filipe Vargas
Young Father Bartholomeu
João Lagarto
Border Police Sergeant
José Wallenstein
Pide Agent
Eloy Monteiro
Professor
Joaquim Leitão
Principal
Hanspeter Müller
Mr Kagi
Dominique Devenport
Natalie
Max Hubacher
Another Student
Bruno Salgueiro
Kicking Young Man
Maria d'Aires
Spitting Woman
Sarah Spale
Catarina Mendez (as Sarah Bühlmann)
Raquel Cipriano
(Uncredited)
Ana Lúcia Palminha
Young Clotilde
Jean Pierre Cornu
Shopkeeper
Marçal Godinho
Gardener
Helena Afonso
Maria Prado
Jorge Veríssimo
Men's Outfitter
