François Truffaut	...	(Director)
François Truffaut, Suzanne Schiffman	...	(Writer)
Nicole Félix	...	Grégory's mother (as Nicole Felix)
Chantal Mercier	...	Chantal Petit, the Schoolteacher
Jean-François Stévenin	...	Jean-François Richet, the Schoolteacher (as Jean-François Stevenin)
Virginie Thévenet	...	Lydie Richet (as Virginie Thevenet)
Georges Desmouceaux	...	Patrick Desmouceaux (as Geory Desmouceaux)
Tania Torrens	...	Nadine Riffle, hairdresser
René Barnerias	...	Monsieur Desmouceaux, Patrick's father
Philippe Goldmann	...	Julien Leclou
Katy Carayon	...	Sylvie's Mother
Laurent Devlæminck	...	Laurent Riffle
Jean-Marie Carayon	...	Police inspector, Sylvie's father
Annie Chevaldonne	...	Nurse
Francis Devlaeminck	...	Monsieur Riffle, hairdresser, Laurent's father
Michel Dissart	...	Monsieur Lomay, constable
Michele Heyraud	...	Madame Deluca
Marcel Berbert	...	Schuldirektor
Christine Pellé	...	Madame Leclou, Juliens Mutter
François Truffaut	...	Martines Vater
Laura Truffaut	...	Madeleine Doinel
Néstor Almendros	...	Director of Photography
Maurice Jaubert	...	Original Music Composer
Paul Heyraud	...	Monsieur Deluca
Jeanne Lobre	...	Julien's grandmother (as Jane Lobre)
Vincent Touly	...	Concierge
Claudio De Luca	...	Mathieu Deluca
Franck De Luca	...	Franck Deluca
Bruno Staab	...	Bruno Rouillard
Sylvie Grezel	...	Sylvie
Richard Golfier	...	Richard Golfier
Corinne Boucart	...	Corinne
Eva Truffaut	...	Patricia
Sebastien Marc	...	Oscar
Pascale Bruchon	...	Martine
Grégory	...	Little Grégory (as Le petit Gregory)
Pierre-William Glenn	...	Cinematographer
Yann Dedet	...	Film Editor
Michel Brethez	...	Sound Department
Michel Laurent	...	Sound Department
Jacques Maumont	...	Sound Department
Jean-Pierre Kohut-Svelko	...	Production Designer
Alain Maline	...	second assistant director
Suzanne Schiffman	...	first assistant director
Michel Grimaud	...	property master

Summary: In the town of Thiers, summer of 1976, teachers and parents give their children skills, love, and attention. A teacher has his first child, a single mother hopes to meet Mr. Right, another mom reaches out to Patrick, a motherless lad who is just discovering the opposite sex. Patrick befriends Julien, a new student who lives in poverty with his mother and has a terrible secret. Bruno shows his friends how to chat up girls. Sylvie stages a witty protest against her parents. Brothers give a friend a haircut. A toddler falls from a window and is unhurt. Everybody goes to the cinema. At camp, Martine catches Patrick's eye. A teacher explains: "Life is hard, but it's wonderful."