A Walk in the Clouds
| A Walk in the Clouds | |
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| Directed by | Alfonso Arau |
| Written by | Robert Mark Kamen Mark Miller Harvey Weitzman |
| Produced by | Gil Netter David Zucker Jerry Zucker |
| Starring | Keanu Reeves Aitana Sánchez-Gijón Anthony Quinn Giancarlo Giannini |
| Distributed by | Twentieth Century Fox |
Release dates | August 11, 1995 |
Running time | 102 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $20,000,000 (estimated) |
A Walk in the Clouds is a 1995 romance film directed by Alfonso Arau and produced by the Zucker brothers. It starred Keanu Reeves, Giancarlo Giannini, Anthony Quinn and Aitana Sánchez-Gijón. The original music score for the film is composed by Maurice Jarre. The film's tagline is A man in search. A woman in need. A story of fate.
Main cast
- Keanu Reeves – Paul Sutton
- Aitana Sánchez-Gijón – Victoria Aragon
- Anthony Quinn – Don Pedro Aragon
- Giancarlo Giannini – Alberto Aragon
- Angélica Aragón – Maria Jose Aragon
- Freddy Rodriguez – Pedro Aragon, Jr.
- Debra Messing – Betty Sutton
Plot summary
Template:Spoiler The film is set in 1945, when Paul Sutton, a World War II veteran returns and occasionally meets Victoria Aragon, a Columbia student who belongs to a Mexican-descent family which owns a vineyard in Napa Valley, California. As she is pregnant by her professor, Paul offers to introduce himself to the very traditionalist family – especially her raging father Alberto – and leave the day after. Instead, he stays one day more – supposedly for the grape harvest – and more, until they eventually fall in love. Mexican-Americans were the ranchers in early California; they are and were the workers on the wineries, not the owners. For those who wonder how a Mexican family was chosen, know that the original story comes from the Italian language and was changed to suit the current climes, although inaccurately. A German family would have been much more historically accurate.
Trivia
- Keanu Reeves was injured during a friendly game of hockey with his friends during spare time. His lip was split, requiring six stiches. In his next scheduled scene, a love scene with Debra Messing, he was quoted as saying to her: "Please don't hurt me."
- This film was shot on location in Napa Valley and Pasadena, California.