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Head in the Clouds (2004)
  • Caption: Head in the Clouds (2004)
  • Description: British director John Duigan (WIDE SARGASSO SEA, FLIRTING, SIRENS) takes on epic grandeur with HEAD IN THE CLOUDS, a relentless tale of love and romance, war and high society, personal sacrifice and the greater good. Charlize Theron, fresh off her Oscar for MONSTER, stars as the very rich and free-spirited Gilda, a beautiful blonde socialite who enjoys parties, champagne, and sex. However, she gets a little more serious upon meeting Guy (Stuart Townsend), an Irishman studying at Cambridge who believes that he must join the fight in the Spanish Civil War. Penelope Cruz plays Mia, Gilda's Spanish protegee who had to give up her dancing career because of a bad leg and now is studying to become a nurse. As Guy and Mia consider going to Spain, Gilda takes their possible leaving personally, casting them aside as she pursues other interests that turn out to be far more dangerous than anyone could have imagined. Duigan's film focuses on a fascinating section of society from the 1920s through to the end of World War II, as the fancy living of the Roaring Twenties became a memory with the coming of the Great Depression and, ultimately World War II. Theron is excellent as a modern woman with liberal ideas--but only when it comes to herself and her own situation. Moving primarily between Paris, London, and Spain, HEAD IN THE CLOUDS is a remarkable journey through one of the most diverse and difficult periods of the 20th century, when the future of the world hung in the balance.

    Directed by
    John Duigan

    Writing credits
    (in alphabetical order)
    John Duigan writer


    Cast (in credits order) complete, awaiting verification

    Charlize Theron ... Gilda Bessé

    Penélope Cruz ... Mia

    Stuart Townsend ... Guy Malyon

    Thomas Kretschmann ... Major Franz Bietrich
    Steven Berkoff ... Charles Bessé

    David La Haye ... Lucien

    Karine Vanasse ... Lisette

    Gabriel Hogan ... Julian Elsworth
    Peter Cockett ... Max
    Élizabeth Chouvalidzé ... Fortune Teller
    Jolyane Langlois ... Gilda, Age 14

    Sophie Desmarais ... Élodie
    Éloïsa Laflamme-Cervantes ... Julie
    Ivan Vukov ... Undergraduate #1
    Sebastian Bailey ... Undergraduate #2
    Michael 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 Chatelet ... Elderly Woman
    Arthur Holden ... Arnold Beck
    Paule Ducharme ... Simone
    Jérôme Tiberghien ... Vincent
    Lenie Scoffié ... Béatrice (as Lénie Scoffié)
    Sarah Gravel ... Bride
    Benjamin Chouinard ... Small Boy
    Émilie Carrier ... Small Girl
    John Jorgenson ... Django Reinhardt
    Eric Bérard ... Stefan Grappelli
    François Rousseau ... Baro Ferret
    André Farleiros ... Roger Grasset
    Elisa Sergent ... Françoise - Bessé's Maid
    Cécile Cassel ... Céline Bessé
    Michel Albert Côté ... Taxi Driver
    Christopher Freeman ... Ferguson
    Jérôme Huerta ... Nationalist Soldier #1
    Carlos Alvear ... Nationalist Soldier #2
    Sonia Auger-Guimont ... Photographic Studio Assistant

    Hervé Desbois ... Mailman
    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 (as Elizabeth A. Marleau)
    John Robinson ... David Beamish
    Harald Winter ... German Soldier at Brasserie

    Elizabeth Whitmere ... W.R.A.C.
    Stéphane Boutet ... French Officer
    Charles Lelaure ... French Soldier
    Vincent Leclerc ... Resistant
    Giovanni Sabetta ... FFI Man
    Stéphanie Pasterkamp ... Hairdresser #1
    Julie Judd ... Hairdresser #2
    Annick D'Amours ... Annette
    Lucien Rémillard ... Man at the Barricade
    Melanie Bergeron ... Ballet Dancer (as Mélanie Bergeron)
    Michel Langelier ... Ballet Teacher
    Jaladriel Ardacar ... Ballet Dancer
    Nancy Loof ... Ballet Dancer
    Mabel Palomino ... Ballet Dancer
    Sophye Anne Sherer ... Ballet Dancer
    Martine Tremblay ... Ballet Dancer
    Gilbert Patenaude ... Boys Choir's Conductor
    rest of cast listed alphabetically:
    Christopher Dyson ... Scottish Lover (uncredited)

    David Graham ... Billy (uncredited)

    Rachelle Lefevre ... Alice (uncredited)
    Frankie Pain ... Whore (uncredited)

    France Viens ... Parisian Woman (uncredited)
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