Isabelle Huppert

Violette Nozière

Stéphane Audran

Germaine Nozière

Jean Carmet

Baptiste Nozière

Jean-François Garreaud

Jean Dabin

Lisa Langlois

Maddy

Bernard Alane

Pinguet's son

François Maistre

Monsieur Mayeul

Jean Dalmain

Émile

Guy Hoffmann

Judge

Dora Doll

Madame Mayeul

Jean Parédès

Singer

Jeanne Herviale

The grandmother

Bernadette Lafont

Co-inmate

Mario David

Prison director

Fabrice Luchini

Camus, student

Henri-Jacques Huet

Commissioner Guillaume

François-Eric Gendron

1st Student

Zoé Chauveau

Zoé

Greg Germain

Black musician

Maurice Vaudaux

Willy

Henri Attal

Serge Bento

Director of the hospital

Louise Chevalier

Jacqueline Pierreux

Housewife

Dominique Zardi

Cafe waiter

Marius Laurey

Emmanuelle Stochl

Raoul Guylad

Benoît Ferreux

Jean-Pierre Coffe

Doctor Déon

Bruno Rozenker

Student at the cafe

Suzanne Berthois

Prison guard

Bernard Papineau