Head in the Clouds

Canada, United Kingdom

2004

121 Min

Color, Black and White

2.35:1

French, German, Spanish, English

Currently 3.0/5 Stars.
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EXEC Julia Palau, Matthew Payne

PROD Michael Cowan, Bertil Ohlsson, Jonathan Olsberg, Jason Piette, Maxime Rémillard, André Rouleau

CAST Charlize Theron, Penélope Cruz, Stuart Townsend, Thomas Kretschmann, Steven Berkoff, David LaHaye, Karine Vanasse, Gabriel Hogan, Cécile Cassel

Head in the Clouds is a sweeping romantic drama set in 1930’s England, Paris, and Spain. 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 – seemingly forever. –IMDb

Director

John Duigan

John Duigan, (born 19 June 1949 in Hampshire, England, UK) is an Australian film director. Duigan emigrated to Australia in 1961, having been born to an Australian father. He is related to many Australian performers, being the brother of Virginia Duigan (wife of director Bruce Beresford) and uncle of Trilby Beresford.

Duigan has directed 23 films, including Romero, Lawn Dogs, The Parole Officer, Sirens, and Head in the Clouds. He intended his magnum opus to be The Danny Embling Trilogy, three films centered around the character Danny Embling, an artistic youth growing up in 1960s Australia whose life is influenced by the socially changing world around him and a series of doomed love affairs. The first two films in the series were the critically acclaimed The Year My Voice Broke, and Flirting, both of which won the Australian Film Institute awards for best picture the years they were released.

Thandie Newton claims that Duigan forced her into a relationship with him that… read more