Elio Germano

as Giacomo Leopardi

Michele Riondino

as Antonio Ranieri

Massimo Popolizio

as Monaldo Leopardi

Anna Mouglalis

as Fanny Targioni-Tozzetti

Valerio Binasco

as Pietro Giordani

Paolo Graziosi

as Carlo Antici

Iaia Forte

as Mrs. Rosa

Sandro Lombardi

as Father Vincenzo