Le Premier Homme (2011)

Jacques Gamblin

Jacques Cormery

Maya Sansa

Catherine Cormery (1924)

Catherine Sola

Catherine Cormery (1957)

Denis Podalydès

Professor Bernard

Ulla Baugué

Grandma

Nicolas Giraud

Uncle Étienne (1924)

Nino Jouglet

Jacques as a child

Abdelkarim Benhabouccha

Hamoud

Hachemi Abdelmalek

Aziz

Djamel Hadj Saïd

Hamoud as a child

Jean-Paul Bonnaire

Uncle Étienne (1957)

Jean-François Stévenin

Farmer

Michel Crémadès

Graveyard keeper

Mickaël Batret

Student at the wheel (as Michael Batret)

Jean Benoit Souilh

Student

Nicolas Lublin

Journalist

Florent Chesne

Student at the balcony

Franck Mercadal

Speaker

Alexandre Michel

Student

Benoit Bertran de Balanda

Student

Barthélémy Gilet

Jacques' classmate

Jean-Bastien Perichon

Jacques' classmate

Nathan Blanchedan

Jacques's classmate

Mohammed Boubker

Dogcatcher

Mohammed Boubker Jr.

Dogcatcher's son

Christophe Dimitri Réveille

Antoine

Régis Romele

Butcher

Jérôme Le Paulmier

Mill owner

Adij Benguettat

Mill owner's assistant

Celia Ouled Mohand

Child at the tipography

Roumayca Abbou

Child on the stairs

Ygal Egry

French officer

Mohammed Zahir Taifour

Hamoud's brother

Sacha Petronijevic

Civil servant

Hanaë Bardiaux

Girl in the bar

Maurice Antoni

Examining teacher

Alexandre Delamadeleine

Henri Cormery

Franck Beckmann

Settler

Oualahi Messouda

Aziz's mother