Head in the Clouds
2004 · Movie · R · 121 min · ★ 5.9 · 28% critics
Gilda shares a Paris apartment with an Irish teacher and a Spanish refugee as Europe slides toward war. While Gilda pursues a glamorous life and a photography career, the others feel compelled to resist fascism, pulling the group apart.
Also known as La tête dans les nuages
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Details
- Years
- 2004
- Release date
- 2004-04-29
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Critic score
- 28/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.9/10 (227 votes)
About
You’ll probably like this stylish romantic war drama if you want sweeping passions set against WWII-era events, but Not for you if you dislike long melodramas or want fully consistent, tightly resolved storytelling like Allied or The Aftermath.
Pros: beautiful period look; passionate performances; emotionally driven story | Cons: slow, uneven pacing; melodrama felt off; story gaps and confusion
Themes
- nazi
- photographer
- world war ii
- spanish civil war (1936-39)
- love
- german occupation
- mansion
- class differences
- irishman
- mother daughter relationship
- lesbian
Cast & crew
- CT
Charlize Theron
as Gilda Bessé
Penélope Cruz
as Mia
- ST
Stuart Townsend
as Guy Malyon
- TK
Thomas Kretschmann
as Major Thomas Bietrich
- PC
Peter Cockett
as Max
- GH
Gabriel Hogan
as Julian Ellsworth
- KV
Karine Vanasse
as Lisette
- DH
David La Haye
as Lucien
- SB
Steven Berkoff
as Charles Bessé
- JR
John Robinson
as David Beamish
Directed by John Duigan