Jeremy Irons Raimund Mélanie Laurent Young Estefania Jack Huston Amadeu Martina Gedeck Mariana Tom Courtenay Older João Eca August Diehl Young Jorge O'Kelly Bruno Ganz Older Jorge O'Kelly Lena Olin Older Estefania Beatriz Batarda young Adriana Marco D'Almeida Young João Christopher Lee Father Bartholomeu Charlotte Rampling Older Adriana Nicolau Breyner Da Silva Jane Thorne Older Clotilde Burghart Klaußner Judge Prado Adriano Luz Mendez Filipe Vargas Young Father Bartholomeu João Lagarto Border Police Sergeant José Wallenstein Pide Agent Eloy Monteiro Professor Joaquim Leitão Principal Hanspeter Müller Mr Kagi Dominique Devenport Natalie Max Hubacher Another Student Bruno Salgueiro Kicking Young Man Maria d'Aires Spitting Woman Sarah Spale Catarina Mendez (as Sarah Bühlmann) Raquel Cipriano (Uncredited)