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A Walk in the Clouds (1995)

A Walk in the Clouds poster
Directed by
Alfonso Arau
Genre
drama film, war film, romance film
Country
Mexico, United States
Runtime
1h 38m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
7.4 of 10 from 1,137 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A returning soldier meets a pregnant woman on a bus and agrees to pretend to be her husband for a weekend visit to her family's vineyard. The two develop real feelings as they work together to save the grape harvest.

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What happens

A Walk in the Clouds is a 1995 period romantic drama film directed by Alfonso Arau and starring Keanu Reeves, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Giancarlo Giannini, Angélica Aragón, Evangelina Elizondo, Debra Messing and Anthony Quinn. An international co-production film between the United States and Mexico, it was an English-language remake of the 1942 Italian film Four Steps in the Clouds. A Walk in the Clouds was released in theaters on August 11, 1995, by 20th Century Fox. It received mixed reviews from critics, but it was a commercial success, grossing $91 million against a $20 million budget. Maurice Jarre’s musical score earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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