The film tells the story of the intimate and unprecedented encounter between the photojournalists of the Magnum Agency and the world of cinema. The confrontation of two seemingly opposite worlds – fiction and reality. For 70 years their paths crossed: a family of photographers, amongst them the biggest names in photography, and a family of actors and filmmakers who helped write the history of cinema, from John Huston to Marilyn Monroe to Orson Welles, Kate Winslet and Sean Penn.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Isabella RosselliniInterviewee | Interviewee |
| SSophie BassalerNarrator | Narrator |
 Eve ArnoldInterviewee | Interviewee |
| BBruce DavidsonInterviewee | Interviewee |
 Elliott ErwittInterviewee | Interviewee |
| JJean GaumyInterviewee | Interviewee |
| DDavid HurnInterviewee | Interviewee |
| JJosef KoudelkaInterviewee | Interviewee |
| CConstantine ManosInterviewee | Interviewee |
| PPeter MarlowInterviewee | Interviewee |
| PPaolo PellegrinInterviewee | Interviewee |
| GGueorgui PinkhassovInterviewee | Interviewee |
| DDennis StockInterviewee | Interviewee |
| PPeter Van AgtmaelInterviewee | Interviewee |
| PPatrick ZachmannInterviewee | Interviewee |
 Abbas AttarHimself | Himself |
 Marilyn MonroeSelf(archive footage) (voice) | Self(archive footage) (voice) |
 Jean-Luc GodardSelf(archive footage) | Self(archive footage) |