Gilda Bessé shares her Paris apartment with an Irish schoolteacher, Guy Malyon, and Mia, a refugee from Spain. As the world drifts toward war, Gilda defiantly pursues her hedonistic lifestyle and her burgeoning career as a photographer. But Guy and Mia feel impelled to join the fight against fascism, and the three friends are separated.
Head in the Clouds
“Three lives. One destiny.”
Overview
Gilda Bessé shares her Paris apartment with an Irish schoolteacher, Guy Malyon, and Mia, a refugee from Spain. As the world drifts toward war, Gilda defiantly pursues her hedonistic lifestyle and her burgeoning career as a photographer. But Guy and Mia feel impelled to join the fight against fascism, and the three friends are separated.
Director
John Duigan
Status
Released
Production
Remstar Productions, Dakota Films, Spice Factory, Movision
Cast
Charlize Theron
Gilda Bessé
Penélope Cruz
Mia
Stuart Townsend
Guy Malyon
Thomas Kretschmann
Major Thomas Bietrich
Peter Cockett
Max
Gabriel Hogan
Julian Ellsworth
Karine Vanasse
Lisette
David La Haye
Lucien
Steven Berkoff
Charles Bessé
John Robinson
David Beamish
Élisabeth Chouvalidzé
Fortune Teller
Jolyane Langlois
Gilda, Age 14
Sophie Desmarais
Élodie
Éloïsa Cervantes
Julie
Ivan Vukov
Undergraduate #1
Sebastian Bailey
Undergraduate #2
Rachelle Lefevre
Alice
Daniel Murphy
Undergraduate #3
Linda Tomassone
Molly Twelvetrees
Julian Casey
Winston
Lisa Bronwyn Moore
Davina
Frank Fontaine
Unwin
Vanya Rose
Venetia
Amy Sloan
Linda
Sven Eriksson
Centurion
Michèle Châtelet
Elderly Woman
Arthur Holden
Arnold Beck
Paule Ducharme
Simone
Jérôme Tiberghien
Vincent
Lenie Scoffié
Béatrice
Sarah Gravel
Bride
Benjamin Chouinard
Small Boy
Émilie Carrier
Small Girl
John Jorgenson
Django Reinhardt
Eric Speed
Stefan Grapelli
Andrew MacKenzie
Joseph Reinhardt
François Rousseau
Baro Ferret
André Faleiros
Roger Grasset
Élisa Sergent
Françoise - Bessé's Maid
Cécile Cassel
Céline Bessé
Michel Albert Côté
Taxi Driver
Christopher Freeman
Ferguson
Sonia Auger-Guimont
Photographic Studio Assistant
Jan Oliver Schroeder
German Soldier at Gardens
Paul-Antoine Taillefer
Michel
Allen Altman
Raul
Mark Antony Krupa
Goltz
Judith Baribeau
Pascale
Armand Laroche
Maître d'Hôtel L'Aiglon
Elizabeth Marleau
L'Aiglon Evicted Woman
Elizabeth Whitmere
W.R.A.C.
Charles Lelaure
French Solider
Vincent Leclerc
Resistant
Stéphane Boutet
French Solider
Annick D'Amours
Annette
Video Gallery
