"After his father's death, a middle-aged screenwriter struggles with his obsessions and neuroses."
Giancarlo Giannini
as Giuseppe Marchi
Emmanuelle Seigner
as The Girl
Vittorio Caprioli
as Psicanalista
Stefania Sandrelli
as Sylvaine
Santo Bellina
as
Chiara Argelli
Benito Artesi
Oriana Baciardi
Giovanni Baghino
Marioletta Bideri
Michela Caruso
Donatella Ceccarello
Carlo Colombo
Gloria De Antoni
Vittorio De Bisogno
Roberto Della Casa
Daniela Di Bitonto
Daniele Dublino
Antonello Fassari
Christian Fiore
Serena Fiore
Domenica Fortunato
Ursula Foti
Luciano Francioli
Néstor Garay
Maria Gradi
Isabella Guidotti
Patrizia La Fonte
Elisa Mainardi
Gea Martire
Armando Marra
Daniele Nuccetelli
Beatrice Palme
Rocco Papaleo
Simone Piombarolo
Ivan Polidoro
Mario Prosperi
Agnese Ricchi
Stefano Sabelli
Samuela Sardo
Claudio Spadaro
Pietro Tordi
Emy Valentino
Isabella Venantini
Mauro Vestri
Frank Nuyen
as Japanese tourist (uncredited)
Mario Monicelli
Director
Giuseppe Berto
Novel
Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Screenplay
Tonino Guerra
Carlo Tafani
Director of Photography
Ruggero Mastroianni
Editor
Giovanni Di Clemente
Producer
Franco Velchi
Production Design
Livia Del Priore
Ezio Di Monte
Set Decoration
Lia Francesca Morandini
Costume Design
Nicola Piovani
Original Music Composer
Conductor
Domenico Lo Zito
Production Manager
Bruno Ridolfi
Production Coordinator
Anna Antonelli
Second Assistant Director
Paolo Venditti
Production Supervisor
Francesco Anniballi
Production Secretary
Byron Pierotti
Claudio Sabatilli
Administration
Stefano Chiezzi
Francesca Roberti
Script Supervisor
Claudio Sabatini
Camera Operator
Guido Tosi
Guido Chimatti
Assistant Camera
Andrea Doria
Mario Dallimonti
Sound
Decio Trani
Boom Operator
Gianfranco Salis
Still Photographer
Mario Scutti
Makeup Department Head
Giacinto Bretti
Makeup Artist
Gerardo Raffaeli
Hairstylist
Stefania Svizzeretto
Assistant Costume Designer
Bruno Angeletti
Gaffer
Paolo Anzellotti
Key Grip
Gasperina Marani
Assistant Editor
Giancarlo Malvestito
Rita Polidori
Danilo Sterbini
Sound Mixer
Riccardo Milani
First Assistant Director