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                                    Gabriel Byrne
Brother Juniper
 
                                    F. Murray Abraham
Viceroy of Peru
 
                                    Kathy Bates
The Marquesa
 
                                    Robert De Niro
Archbishop of Peru
 
                                    Harvey Keitel
Uncle Pio
 
                                    Pilar López de Ayala
Camila Villegas (La Perichola)
 
                                    Mark Polish
Manuel
 
                                    Michael Polish
Esteban
 
                                    Geraldine Chaplin
The Abbess
 
                                    Dominique Pinon
His Excellency's Fop
 
                                    John Lynch
Captain Alvarado
 
                                    Émilie Dequenne
Doña Clara
 
                                    Samuel Le Bihan
Dona Clara's Husband
 
                                    Jim Sheridan
The King of Spain