Saïd Taghmaoui

Young Mohamed Choukri

Fayçal Zeghadi

Mohamed Choukri (13 years old)

Sanaa Alaoui

Mimouna (Mohamed's mother)

Ahmed El Kouraichi

Kabil (smuggler)

Jamil Hammoudi

Ali

Francesca Codispoti

Harrouda (prostitute)

Giovanna Ria

Bushra (deaf-mute)

Armando De Razza

Boualem (cafe owner)

Hamid Basket

Abdelmalek (the scribe)

Mohamed Rachid Benhadj

Marwani (the revolutionary)