Gérard Barbier
Coluche
Jacqueline Lajoie, depressed teacher
Josiane Balasko
Germaine, restaurant owner and Sophie's mother
Yvette Petit
Clothing Store Manager
Christian Bouillette
Léopold, nurse at the hospital where Jacqueline Lajoie is
Jacques Martial
Mayor and father of Nicolas
Jean-Pierre Bagot
Clothing Store Customer
Patrice Dozier
Inspector's Secretary
Monique Couturier
Victor, kid in the clothing store
Camille Clavel
Monsieur Letournel
Rémy Carpentier
Madame Letournel
Marie Pillet
Albert
Michel Pilorgé
School Director
Jacques Debary
Student's parent
Yves Morgan-Jones
Wedding band musician
Christian Padovan
Jean-Pierre Domboy
Wedding band chorister
Marie Ruggeri
Liliane Davis
Wedding band singer
Richard Gotainer
Pupil (uncredited)
Judith Chancel
Monsieur Meignant, unionized teacher
Roland Giraud
Charlotte, Gérard's fiancée
Charlotte de Turckheim
Educational Advisor
André Chaumeau
School Inspector
Jean Champion
Gérard's father
Georges Staquet
Charlotte's father
Claude Bertrand
Charlotte's mother
Anne-Marie Jabraud
Executive Producer
Pierre Grunstein
Key Makeup Artist
Didier Lavergne
Main Title Theme Composer
Director
Claude Berri
Writer
Editor
Hervé de Luze
Original Music Composer
Claude Engel
Production Manager
Alain Depardieu
Jules Celma
Director of Photography
Colin Mounier
Arlette Langmann
Production Design
Christian Vallerin
Costume Design
Claire Fraisse
Assistant Director
Françoise Lehérissey
Sound
Jean Labussière