Meryl Streep ( Meryl Streep )

Clara del Valle Trueba

Glenn Close ( Glenn Close )

Ferula Trueba

Jeremy Irons ( Jeremy Irons )

Esteban Trueba

Winona Ryder ( Winona Ryder )

Blanca Trueba

Antonio Banderas ( Antonio Banderas )

Pedro Tercero Gareia

Armin Mueller-Stahl ( Armin Mueller-Stahl )

Severo del Valle

María Conchita Alonso ( María Conchita Alonso )

Transito Soto

Vincent Gallo ( Vincent Gallo )

Esteban García

Jan Niklas ( Jan Niklas )

Count Jean de Satigny

Joaquín Martínez ( Joaquín Martínez )

Segundo

Sarita Choudhury ( Sarita Choudhury )

Pancha

Teri Polo ( Teri Polo )

Rosa

Miriam Colon ( Miriam Colon )

Nana

Vanessa Redgrave ( Vanessa Redgrave )

Nivea del Valle

Grace Gummer ( Grace Gummer )

Clara del Valle Trueba - as a Child

Hannah Taylor-Gordon ( Hannah Taylor-Gordon )

Blanca (child)

Josh Maguire ( Josh Maguire )

Pedro (child)

Fran Fullenwider ( Fran Fullenwider )

Ester Trueba

Pedro Efe ( Pedro Efe )

Interrogation Officer

Hans Wyprächtiger ( Hans Wyprächtiger )

Dr. Cuevas

Miguel Guilherme ( Miguel Guilherme )

Soldier

José Mora Ramos ( José Mora Ramos )

Soldier 1

Martin Umbach ( Martin Umbach )

TV Reporter

Carlos Rodrigues ( Carlos Rodrigues )

Postman

Anabela Teixeira ( Anabela Teixeira )

Helena Laureano ( Helena Laureano )

Patrícia Tavares ( Patrícia Tavares )

Maria Hernâni ( Maria Hernâni )

Carlos Conceição ( Carlos Conceição )

(uncredited)

Heitor Lourenço ( Heitor Lourenço )

(Uncredited)

Isabel Simões ( Isabel Simões )

(Uncredited)

Osvaldo Canhita ( Osvaldo Canhita )

(Uncredited)

Denys Hawthorne ( Denys Hawthorne )