• 
  Julian Schnabel

  regizor

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  Johnny Depp

  Bon Bon / locotenentul Victor
• 
  Javier Bardem

  Reynaldo Arenas
• 
  Lia Chapman

  Lolin
• 
  Diego Luna

  Carlos
• 
  Sean Penn

  Cuco Sanchez
• 
  Ewa Piaskowska

  Pretty Blonde Student
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  Khotan Fernandez

  Young Man with bird

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  Olatz Lopez Garmendia

  Reinaldo's Mother
• 
  Abel Woolrich

  Hungry Inmate
• 
  Vincent Laresca

  Jose Abreu
• 
  Michael Wincott

  Heberto Zorilla Ochoa
• 
  Benjamín Benítez

  Rudy
• 
  Jerzy Skolimowski

  profesor
• 
  Jorge Zárate

  Prosecutor

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  Eduardo Antonio

  Nightclub Singer
• 
  Jorge Zepeda

  State Security on beach
• 
  Hector Babenco

  Virgilio Piñera
• 
  Olivier Martinez

  Lazaro Gomez Carilles
• 
  Patricia Reyes Spíndola

  María Teresa Freye de Andrade
• 
  Carmen Beato

  Învăţător
• 
  Najwa Nimri

  Fina Zorilla Ochoa
• 
  Alfredo Villa

  Armando García
• 
  Claudette Maillé

  Maria Luisa Lima
• 
  Andrea Di Stefano

  Pepe Malas
• 
  Francisco Gattorno

  Jorge Camacho
• 
  Loló Navarro

  Reinaldo's Grandmother
• 
  Ofelia Medina

  Landlady
• 
  Rene Pereyra

  Antonio
• 
  Rene Rivera

  Recruit Driver
• 
  Mario Oliver

  Gay Inmate
• 
  Eduardo Arroyuelo

  Teenager #2
• 
  John Ortiz

  Juann Abreu
• 
  Pedro Armendáriz Jr.

  Reinaldo's Grandfather (as Pedro Armendáriz)
• 
  Giovanni Florido

  Young Reinaldo
• 
  Vito Schnabel

  Teenage Reinaldo
• 
  Sebastián Silva

  Reinaldo's Father (as Sebastián Silva)
• 
  Aquiles Benites

  Translator
• 
  Olmo Schnabel

  Smallest School Child
• 
  Cy Schnabel

  Smallest School Child (as Cy)