A WALK IN THE CLOUDS (1995)***

(focus on the power of ideal love)

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Contains 12 movie quotes & 11 Academic Words (AWL*).
In a drama/romance similar to Lost Horizon (1937) , Paul Sutton (Keanu Reeves), a young man with no past, returns from WWII to a bride he barely knows.  By chance, he meets Victoria Aragon (Aitana Sánchez-Gijón), a beautiful young woman with a big problem and a father who won't understand.  When Paul agrees to help her by pretending to be her husband, he is invited into her family's magical world.  But when they accidently find true romance, how can they overcome the lies they live before Victoria's father learns the explosive truth?  With Anthony Quinn, directed by Alfonso Arau, has a number of Spanish words commonly used in English. Rated PG-13 (102 min.) mike laib 2013

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114887/?ref_=sr_1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Walk_in_the_Clouds

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