A Walk in the Clouds (1995)

This film, a Mexican-American production, is considered a low-budget film as it barely needed $20 million to be made and although it was not a resounding success at the box office, it did manage to double the expenses generated, since the box office income was a little over $50 million.

The stars were Keanu Reeves, who was coming off the success of the movie "Speed" and Aitana Sánchez-Guijón. With a screenplay by Robert Mark Kamen based on the 1942 Italian film Four Steps in the Clouds.

The plot begins with the arrival of Paul Sutton from the Second World War, who by those twists of fate meets a young Mexican woman named Victoria Aragón, who is pregnant and for that reason fears to return to the family vineyard, since the father of the child fled and left her.

With that spark to serve the soldier offers her an emergency solution to confront the domineering father, pretending to be her husband and father of the expected baby and then flee, after meeting the family and spending the night there.

Both embark on the simulation but the man is amazed by the place, the Californian rural landscapes and the rite of the grape harvest and without noticing it a love for the young woman appears and postpones the plan, which in the end does not take place as they had planned because the lie becomes a dagger that produces an impossible situation since her father named Alberto, played by Giancarlo Giannini, wants to impose a wedding that ends up forcing them to tell the truth.

The acting of the main characters and Anthony Quinn, who plays Victoria's grandfather, are excellent and the direction of Alfonso Arau, who had the 1992 hit "Como agua para chocolate" to his credit, is impeccable, the romanticism and melodrama, sometimes excessive, is mixed with the highlighting of family values in the Hispanic world.

The soundtrack, by Maurice Jarré, is equally outstanding, winning the 1996 Golden Globe Award as the best, and the work in the vintage, full of color, folklore, humanity and humor, is captivating.

There are 102 minutes in which the visual charm of the scenes transforms the vineyard into the main protagonist.

The critics' opinion was not good, even Reeves was nominated for the Razzie awards as worst actor and some considered Alfonso Arau's direction a failure, considering his incursion into Hollywood a failure.

Personally, I think it meets the standards of a family film, with everyday ingredients that make for pleasant moments.