"Secrets, rumors and betrayals surround the upcoming marriage between a young dissolute man and virtuous woman of the French aristocracy."
Asia Argento
as Vellini
Fu'ad Aït Aattou
as Ryno de Marigny
Roxane Mesquida
as Hermangarde
Claude Sarraute
as La marquise de Flers
Yolande Moreau
as La comtesse d'Artelles
Michael Lonsdale
as le vicomte Prony
Anne Parillaud
as Mme de Solcy
Amira Casar
as Mademoiselle Divine des Airelles
Lio
as La chanteuse
Caroline Ducey
as La dame de Pique
Jean-Philippe Tesse
as Le vicomte de Mareuil
Léa Seydoux
as Olivia
Isabelle Renauld
as L'arrogante
Jean-Claude Binoche
as Le comte de Cerisy
Frédéric Botton
as Le cardinal de Flers
Nicholas Hawtrey
as Sir Reginald
Thomas Hardy
as Le valet de Mareuil
Sarah Pratt
as La comtesse de Mendoze
Ashley Wanninger
as Prétendant Vellini
Catherine Breillat
Director
Jean-François Lepetit
Producer
Screenplay
Pascale Chavance
Editor
Giorgos Arvanitis
Director of Photography
Jules-Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly
Novel
Anaïs Romand
Costume Design
Claire Denis
Thanks
François-Renaud Labarthe
Production Design
Eddy Jabès
Production Manager
Michaël Weill
First Assistant Director
Casting
Yves Osmu
Sound
Sylvain Lasseur
Sound Editor
Emmanuel Croset
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Angeliki Arvanitis
Script Supervisor
Laurent Cazeau
Hairstylist
Dominique Colladant
Makeup Artist
Sandrine Gonzales
Françoise Quilichini
Alexandrine Mauvezin-Bosque
Set Decoration
Tibor Dora
Christophe Bourreau