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.
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
