A Walk in the Clouds (1995)
Directed by Alfonso Arau

Drama / Romance

Film Synopsis

After serving in World War II, Paul Sutton returns to his home in San Francisco and discovers that the magic has gone out of his marriage. Scarred by his wartime experiences, Paul wants to make a fresh start, but his wife Betty insists that he returns to his old job as a door-to-door salesman. One day, he gets to know a fellow train passenger, Victoria Aragon, who reveals that she is an unmarried student who has become pregnant by one of her professors. Paul offers to help her out by pretending to be her husband when she next visits her conservative family...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Alfonso Arau
  • Script: Robert Mark Kamen, Mark Miller, Harvey Weitzman, Piero Tellini, Cesare Zavattini, Vittorio de Benedetti
  • Cinematographer: Emmanuel Lubezki
  • Music: Maurice Jarre
  • Cast: Keanu Reeves (Paul Sutton), Aitana Sánchez-Gijón (Victoria Aragon), Anthony Quinn (Don Pedro Aragon), Giancarlo Giannini (Alberto Aragon), Angélica Aragón (Marie Jose Aragon), Evangelina Elizondo (Guadelupe Aragon), Freddy Rodríguez (Pedro Aragon, Jr.), Debra Messing (Betty Sutton), Febronio Covarrubias (Jose Manuel), Roberto Huerta (Jose Luis), Juan Jiménez (Jose Marie), Ismael Gallegos (Jose's Musical Son), Alejandra Flores (Consuelo), Gema Sandoval (Maria), Don Amendolia (Father Coturri), Gregory Paul Martin (Armistead Knox), Mary Pat Gleason (Bus Driver), John Dennis Johnston (Lout 1), Joseph Lindsey (Lout 2), Mark Matheisen (Soldier)
  • Country: USA / Mexico
  • Language: English
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 102 min

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