On the occasion of awarding the Cervantes Prize to the Catalan writer Juan Marsé on 23 April 2009, family members, friends and writers offer a sincere portrait of the best chronicler of life in Barcelona, Catalonia, during the post-war period and the worst days of the General Franco dictatorship, in the forties and fifties, and during the economic development and the hard conquest of freedom, in the sixties and seventies.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Mercè MontalàSelf - Narrator (voice) | Self - Narrator (voice) |
 Ramon CanalsLiterary Censor (voice) | Literary Censor (voice) |
 Juan MarséSelf - Writer | Self - Writer |
| BBerta MarséSelf - Marsé's Daughter | Self - Marsé's Daughter |
| SSergi PàmiesSelf - Writer | Self - Writer |
| JJosé Martí GómezSelf - Journalist | Self - Journalist |
| JJoan de SagarraSelf - Journalist | Self - Journalist |
| CCarmen BalcellsSelf - Literary Agent | Self - Literary Agent |
 Javier CercasSelf - Writer | Self - Writer |
| JJosep Maria CuencaSelf - Marsé's Biographer | Self - Marsé's Biographer |
| GGustavo Martín GarzoSelf - Writer | Self - Writer |
| SSacha MarséSelf - Marsé's Son | Self - Marsé's Son |
| ÁÁngeles González-SindeSelf - Filmmaker | Self - Filmmaker |