On the train he meets Victoria (Aitana Sanchez-Gijon), a sweet woman who is dying for someone to save her -- and Paul does, as he physically removes two guys that are giving the lady a rough time. Through a series of amazing coincidences that only a movie like this could pull off, Paul finds himself by the side of a road with Victoria, who is in tears because her father will kill her. Why? Because she is pregnant and unmarried. So Paul comes up with the answer: He will pose as her husband.

I have a soft heart for a good romance, and the amazing performances by Reeves and Sanchez-Gijon made this movie seem impossibly believable. Even the landscape is too good to be true, as many of the shots were retouched to make them look incredibly beautiful. But the most compelling part of the story was waiting to see how Paul would solve his predicament of being married to someone he didn't know, so he could love Victoria without sacrificing his moral values. I find romance with characters who have ethics and values far more interesting than those stories that exist in a world without rules.

Content of concern to parents may include dead bodies in an orphanage seen through black and white flashbacks of Paul fighting in the war, and an intimate scene with Betty, his wife, at the beginning of the movie (no nudity). Aside from some mild language, anyone else who enjoys a movie full of romance and beauty should go for A Walk In The Clouds.

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Rod Gustafson

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