
During the French Revolution, a surprising company shares a coach, trying to catch up something - the time itself, perhaps.

Jean-Louis Barrault
Nicolas Edmé Restif de la Bretonne

Marcello Mastroianni
Casanova, Chevalier de Seingalt

Hanna Schygulla
Countess Sophie de la Borde

Harvey Keitel
Thomas Paine

Jean-Claude Brialy
Monsieur Jacob

Andréa Ferréol
Madame Adélaïde Gagnon

Jean-Louis Trintignant
Monsieur Sauce

Michel Vitold
De Florange

Laura Betti
Virginia Capacelli

Enzo Jannacci
Italian clown

Pierre Malet
Emile Delage, student revolutionary

Daniel Gélin
De Wendel

Hugues Quester
Jean-Louis Romeuf

Dora Doll
Nanette Precy

Caterina Boratto
Madame Faustine

Didi Perego
Madame Sauce

Évelyne
Agnès, Restif's daughter

Aline Mess
Marie-Madeleine, Sophie's servant
Jacques Peyrac
Postilion

Claude Legros
Sergeant at St. Menehould
Ettore Scola
Ettore Scola, Sergio Amidei
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