During the French Revolution, a surprising company shares a coach, trying to catch up something - the time itself, perhaps.
Jean-Louis Barrault
as Nicolas Edmé Restif de la Bretonne
Marcello Mastroianni
as Casanova, Chevalier de Seingalt
Hanna Schygulla
as Countess Sophie de la Borde
Harvey Keitel
as Thomas Paine
Jean-Claude Brialy
as Monsieur Jacob
Andréa Ferréol
as Madame Adélaïde Gagnon
Jean-Louis Trintignant
as Monsieur Sauce
Michel Vitold
as De Florange
Laura Betti
as Virginia Capacelli
Enzo Jannacci
as Italian clown
Pierre Malet
as Emile Delage, student revolutionary
Daniel Gélin
as De Wendel
