二战结束后，思乡心切的大批美军士兵踏上旧金山港即投进久候的亲人的怀抱，但保罗•萨顿（基努•里维斯）久等仍不见其妻子的踪影，夕阳西沉时，他拖着孤单落寞的身躯走回家中，发现妻子早已改变，她的眼里只剩金钱不再有他。 　　眼看家中已毫无温情，保罗也无心留恋，只是他再次外出离家是为工作。在火车上，保罗结识美丽的姑娘维多利亚•阿拉贡（Aitana Sánchez-Gijón），因为投缘，保罗将她一路细心照顾，而维多利亚在感激之余，向保罗倾诉了自己的不幸，听过她的遭遇后，保罗决定陪她返回家乡，尽其所能帮助她。A Walk in the Clouds depicted a story about a young-married US military soldier, named Paul, who returned home after the World War II. In the middle of the way back home, he accidentally met a girl named Victoria who finished her master's degree. She has not married yet but got pregnant by accident. During the journey they talked a lot. Due to her pregnancy, Victoria was afraid of her father who respected old Mexican tradition. Thus, Paul proposed to pose as her husband to help her face her dad. Paul was not intended to cheat on his wife by pretending to be Victoria's husband. However, when Paul decided to come back to his home and left Victoria, he found his wife cheating on him. Paul then headed back to Victoria's house "Las Nubes" and confessed his true love to Victoria.