Penélope Cruz and Natalie Portman are to co-star in a new romance set during the Second World War.

They will star in Head In The Clouds for director John Duigan whose previous films include The Parole Officer and Sirens.

The film is described as a love story set in Paris in the years leading up to the war, culminating in the liberation of the city in 1944.
Portman will star as Gilda Besse, a young fashion photographer who gets involved with Guy Penrose (Jay Rodan) only to see their relationship torn apart as Guy's political interests lead him astray.

Cruz plays Mia, a gypsy whom Gilda befriends and takes in.

Source: Press Release