A Walk in the Clouds (1995)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Alfonso Arau

Writers (WGA):

Robert Mark Kamen (screenplay) and
Mark Miller (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

11 August 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

A man in search. A woman in need. A story of fate.

Plot:

After returning from the war, Paul and a young woman meet on a bus as she's headed home from college...

Plot Keywords:

Grape | Love | Fire | WWII | Brother

Awards:

Won Golden Globe. Another 3 nominations

Cast

Keanu Reeves	...	Paul Sutton
Aitana Sánchez-Gijón	...	Victoria Aragon (as Aitana Sanchez-Gijon)
Anthony Quinn	...	Don Pedro Aragon
Giancarlo Giannini	...	Alberto Aragon
Angélica Aragón	...	Marie Jose Aragon (as Angelica Aragon)
Evangelina Elizondo	...	Guadelupe Aragon
Freddy Rodríguez	...	Pedro Aragon, Jr. (as Freddy Rodriguez)
Debra Messing	...	Betty Sutton
Febronio Covarrubias	...	Jose Manuel
Roberto Huerta	...	Jose Luis
Juan Jiménez	...	Jose Marie (as Juan Jimenez)
Ismael Gallegos	...	Jose's Musical Son
Alejandra Flores	...	Consuelo
Gema Sandoval	...	Maria
Don Amendolia	...	Father Coturri

Also Known As:

Caminando por las nubes (Mexico)
Un paseo por las nubes (Mexico)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for moments of sensuality and war action.

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

USA | Mexico

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital (as Dolby SR Digital)

Certification:

Canada:14+ (Ontario) | Iceland:L | South Korea:15 | Netherlands:12 (re-rating) | Canada:PG (Canadian Home Video rating) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Chile:TE | Finland:K-12 | France:U | Germany:6 (w) | Netherlands:AL | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:7 | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:PG-13 (Approved No. 33493) | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Beringer Vineyards - 2000 Main Street, St. Helena, Napa Valley, California, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

Keanu Reeves was injured during a friendly game of hockey with his friends during spare time. His lip was split, requiring six stitches. In his next scheduled scene, a love scene with Debra Messing, he was quoted as saying to her: "please don't hurt me."

Goofs:

Anachronisms: There is a scene of a country road with solid white lines painted along the edge. In the 1940's roads were not painted this way.

Quotes:

Don Pedro Aragon: Clothes are like family. You have to live in them for awhile before you have the perfect fit. But you are doing great.
Paul: I don't if everyone would share your opinion.
Don Pedro Aragon: Well, it's not easy being in charge. It's not easy for me. It's not easy for him. Every man has to find his own way. But I have faith in my son. And I have faith in you. But your fly is open.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008)

Soundtrack:

Beer Barrel Polka

Stunned

Who are you and what have you done with the real Keanu Reaves? This guy's come a long ways since Bill & Ted.

I was floored by the cinematography, the story itself, and the way the family was portrayed, capturing the way so many of the wine-growing families of the day were in California--not to mention the traditions and mores that existed at the time.

Anthony Quinn also turns in a stellar performance, as always, as the eccentric grandfather that really isn't quite as odd as he'd like everyone to believe he is, spots Reeves for what he really is early in the story, and pretty much drives him to face what should be his destiny--but lets him think that he's making up his own mind. All in all, I have to say this flick is a major winner, despite the fact that there's no sex, no one is gunned down, no one is blown to bits, and there are no computer generated graphics of meteorites plowing into gasoline refineries. See it.