电影改编自加缪未完稿的自传小说《第一个人》，意大利名导吉亚尼·阿梅里奥（Gianni Amelio）在影片中为原著的空白处补上漂亮的几笔。
Gianni Amelio
Director
Yves Cape
Jacques Gamblin
Jacques Cormery
玛雅·珊萨
Catherine Cormery (1924)
Catherine Sola
Catherine Cormery (1957)
丹尼斯·波达利德斯
Professor Bernard
Ulla Baugué
Grandma
尼古拉斯·吉罗
Uncle Étienne (1924)
Nino Jouglet
Jacques as a child
Abdelkarim Benhabouccha
Hamoud
Hachemi Abdelmalek
Aziz
Djamel Hadj Saïd
Hamoud as a child
让-保罗·博奈雷
Uncle Étienne (1957)
让-弗朗索瓦·斯特维宁
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
Benoit Bertran de Balanda
