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

Sarah Bühlmann

Catarina Mendez

Filipe Vargas

Young Father Bartholomeu

Ana Lúcia Palminha

Young Clotilde

João Lagarto

Border Police Sergeant

José Wallenstein

Pide Agent

Eloy Monteiro

Professor

Joaquim Leitão

Principal

Jean Pierre Cornu

Shopkeeper

Hanspeter Müller

Mr Kagi

Dominique Devenport

Natalie

Max Hubacher

Another Student

Marçal Godinho

Gardener

Helena Afonso

Maria Prado

Bruno Salgueiro

Kicking Young Man

Maria d'Aires

Spitting Woman

Jorge Veríssimo

Men's Outfitter

Sarah Spale

Catarina Mendez (as Sarah Bühlmann)

Raquel Cipriano

(Uncredited)