 | Sergio Castellitto als Vincenzo Buonavolontà |
 | Angelo Costabile als Giovane operaio |
 | Hiu Sun Ha als Chong |
| Catherine Sng als Segretaria |
| Enrico Vanigiani als Dirigente dell'accieria |
| Roberto Rossi als Dirigente dell'acciaieria |
| Xu Chungqing als Direttore dell'ufficio di Shanghai |
| Wang Biao als Commissario di polizia |
| Zhao Jianyun als Studente al computer |
| Huang Qianhao als Giovane sfruttatore |
| Luo Xiufeng als Ragazzo del pullman |
| Tang Xianbi als Nonna |
| Wang Lin als Bambino |
| Guo Yong als Ragazzo del posto di ristoro |
| Li Zhenduo als Barbiere |
| Duan Ping als Autista del camion |
| Ma Qing als Operaio dell'acciaieria |
 | Shi Yang als Amico di Vincenzo |
| Tai Ling als Liu Hua |
| Gianni Amelio | Director |
| Ermanno Rea | Novel |
| Gianni Amelio | Screenplay |
| Gianni Amelio | Story |
| Umberto Contarello | Screenplay |
| Umberto Contarello | Story |
| Lillo Iacolino | First Assistant Director |
| Shi Yang | Second Assistant Director |
| Sergio Basso | Second Assistant Director |
| Mimmo Granata | Sound Editor |
| Carlo Simeoni | Assistant Editor |
| Attilio Viti | Production Design |
| Cristina Francioni | Costume Design |
| Nello Giorgetti | Production Design |
| Remo Ugolinelli | Sound |
| Luca Bigazzi | Director of Photography |
| Simona Paggi | Editor |
| Franco Piersanti | Original Music Composer |
| Giorgio Innocenti | Line Producer |
| Mario Cotone | Executive Producer |
| Zaihirat Banu Codelli | Co-Producer |
| Fabio Conversi | Co-Producer |
| Giulia Fretta | Co-Producer |
| Enzo Porcelli | Co-Producer |
| Theres Scherer | Co-Producer |
| Riccardo Tozzi | Producer |
| Giovanni Stabilini | Producer |
| Marco Chimenz | Producer |
