Henrique Viana
— José Grandela
Júlia Britton
— Luisa Cremalheira
Eunice Muñoz
— Mrs. Vilaverde
Ruy Furtado
— Tomaz Cremalheira
Isabel de Castro
— Teresa Cremalheira
Isabel Ruth
— Sebastião's Wife
Lia Gama
— Raquel
Inês de Medeiros
— Cecilia
Pedro Cabrita Reis
— Júlio Vaz Simões
Pedro Hestnes
— Bastos
Beatriz Batarda
— Young Luisa
Rita Blanco
— Luisa Cremalheira (voice)
Francisco Nascimento
António Pinhão Botelho
— Cecilia's Son
Luís Lucas
— Narrator (voice)
Heitor Lourenço
Francisco Pinhão Botelho
— Boy in Opening Credits
António Salgueiro
— Old Man in Bar
Fernando Cabral Martins
— Professor
Maria Alice Pereira
— Old Woman in Black
Vasco Letria
— Young Tomazinho
Pedro Dias Macedo
— Young Bastos
António Peixoto
— Priest
António Sequeira Lopes
— Cecilia's Husband
Dinis Gomes
— Boy in Bar
Armanda Cardoso
— Cremalheira's Maid
José Paiva
— Hotel's Barman
Helder Rainha
— Hotel's Concierge
Manuel Paiva
— Boy in School