Cast
- Delphine Seyrig, as Hélène Aughain, a 40-ish widowed antique dealer who retains obsessive memories of her love affair with Alphonse when she was 16, and the unexplained manner of their separation in 1939.
- Jean-Pierre Kerien, as Alphonse Noyard, Hélène's sometime lover, who says he has spent many of the intervening years in Algeria running a bar.
- Nita Klein, as Françoise, an aspiring young actress having an affair with the much older Alphonse, and biding her time before leaving him.
- Jean-Baptiste Thierrée, as Bernard, Hélène's stepson, recently returned from doing his military service in Algeria where his role in the torture of a girl called Muriel has left him with traumatic memories.
- Martine Vatel, as Marie-Do, the intermittent girl-friend of Bernard who is ready to set off for a new life in South America.
- Claude Sainval, as Roland de Smoke, a Boulogne property-developer and amorous friend of Hélène.
- Laurence Badie, as Claudie, a friend of Hélène with whom she shares a taste for gambling.
- Jean Champion, as Ernest, the brother-in-law of Alphonse.
- Philippe Laudenbach, as Robert, a fellow-soldier with Bernard in Algeria, now an active member of the OAS.
- Jean Dasté, as the man with a goat, who has returned from Australia.
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