A Walk in the Clouds (1995)
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42% of critics liked it
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In this atmospheric romantic drama, Keanu Reeves plays Paul Sutton, who has just returned home from a stretch in the Army during World War II. Still reeling from the horrors of war, Paul wants to settle down and start a farm, but his wife Betty (Debra Messing), whom he met and impulsively married… More In this atmospheric romantic drama, Keanu Reeves plays Paul Sutton, who has just returned home from a stretch in the Army during World War II. Still reeling from the horrors of war, Paul wants to settle down and start a farm, but his wife Betty (Debra Messing), whom he met and impulsively married shortly before shipping out, has arranged for him to take a job as a salesman peddling chocolates. While taking a sales trip to another town, he befriends a beautiful but distraught young woman, Victoria Aragon (Aitana Sanchez-Gijon). While away at college, Victoria met and fell in love with a young man and soon became pregnant; however, when her boyfriend discovered she was expecting, he abandoned her. She returns home full of shame and fearful of her father's reaction. But Paul gets an idea -- he'll pose as her husband and leave after a day or two, so when she's left alone with the child, the disgrace will be on him, not her. Victoria agrees, and Paul joins Victoria as she arrives at her family's estate in the California wine country. Most of the Aragon family take to Paul readily enough, especially Grandfather Don Pedro (Anthony Quinn), but Victoria's father, Alberto (Giancarlo Giannini), senses something amiss between the young couple. A Walk In The Clouds was the first American film from director Alfonso Arau, who previously made the international hit Like Water For Chocolate. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Alfonso Arau
- Written By
- Robert Mark Kamen, Mark Miller, Harvey Weitzman
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- In Theaters
- Aug 11, 1995 Wide
- Studio
- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Renee Schonfeld, Common Sense Media
Unplanned pregnancy leads to family lies, surprise romance.
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Betsy Bozdech, Reel.com
With its golden countryside, sweeping score, tender romance, and powerful traditions, it's virtually impossible to resist the spell of A Walk in the Clouds.
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Michael Dequina, TheMovieReport.com
Reeves and Sanchez-Gijon generate a palpaple romantic chemistry that makes this shamelessly sappy, often unabashedly cornball story work.
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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
Engaging romantic fable about a young man who fulfils his destiny by falling in love with the woman of his dreams.
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Audrey Rock-Richardson, Tooele Transcript-Bulletin (Utah)
Pure yucky mush. And Keanu can't act.
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Cast
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Keanu Reeves
as Paul Sutton
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Aitana Sánchez-Gijón
as Victoria Aragon
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Anthony Quinn
as Don Pedro Aragon
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Giancarlo Giannini
as Alberto Aragon
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Angélica Aragón
as Marie Jose Aragon
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Evangelina Elizondo
as Guadelupe Aragon
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Don Amendolia
as Father Coturri
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Mary Pat Gleason
as Bus Driver
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Juan Antonio Jiménez
as Jose Marie
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John Dennis Johnston
as Lout #1
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Joseph Lindsey
as Lout #2
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Gregory Paul Martin
as Armistead Knox
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Macon McCalman
as Conductor
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Brad Rea
as Soldier #2
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Ivory Ocean
as Truck Driver
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Alejandra Flores
as Consuelo
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Febronio Covarrubias
as Jose Manuel
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Freddy Rodriguez
as Pedro Aragon Jr.
- Debra Messing
- Gema Sandoval
- Ismael Gallegos
- Roberto Huerta



