Head in the Clouds

5.9

121 minutes

4/29/2004

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.

Cast List

Charlize Theron
as Gilda Bessé
Penélope Cruz
as Mia
Stuart Townsend
as Guy Malyon
Thomas Kretschmann
as Major Thomas Bietrich
Peter Cockett
as Max
Gabriel Hogan
as Julian Ellsworth
Karine Vanasse
as Lisette
David La Haye
as Lucien
Steven Berkoff
as Charles Bessé
John Robinson
as David Beamish
Élisabeth Chouvalidzé
as Fortune Teller
Jolyane Langlois
as Gilda, Age 14
Sophie Desmarais
as Élodie
Éloïsa Cervantes
as Julie
Ivan Vukov
as Undergraduate #1
Sebastian Bailey
as Undergraduate #2
Rachelle Lefevre
as Alice
Daniel Murphy
as Undergraduate #3
Linda Tomassone
as Molly Twelvetrees
Julian Casey
as Winston
Lisa Bronwyn Moore
as Davina
Frank Fontaine
as Unwin
Vanya Rose
as Venetia
Amy Sloan
as Linda
Sven Eriksson
as Centurion
Michèle Châtelet
as Elderly Woman
Arthur Holden
as Arnold Beck
Paule Ducharme
as Simone
Jérôme Tiberghien
as Vincent
Lenie Scoffié
as Béatrice
Sarah Gravel
as Bride
Benjamin Chouinard
as Small Boy
Émilie Carrier
as Small Girl
John Jorgenson
as Django Reinhardt
Eric Speed
as Stefan Grapelli
Andrew MacKenzie
as Joseph Reinhardt
François Rousseau
as Baro Ferret
André Faleiros
as Roger Grasset
Élisa Sergent
as Françoise - Bessé's Maid
Cécile Cassel
as Céline Bessé
Michel Albert Côté
as Taxi Driver
Christopher Freeman
as Ferguson
Sonia Auger-Guimont
as Photographic Studio Assistant
Jan Oliver Schroeder
as German Soldier at Gardens
Paul-Antoine Taillefer
as Michel
Allen Altman
as Raul
Mark Antony Krupa
as Goltz
Judith Baribeau
as Pascale
Armand Laroche
as Maître d'Hôtel L'Aiglon
Elizabeth Marleau
as L'Aiglon Evicted Woman
Elizabeth Whitmere
as W.R.A.C.
Charles Lelaure
as French Solider
Vincent Leclerc
as Resistant
Stéphane Boutet
as French Solider
Annick D'Amours
as Annette