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Belle Époque is a espagnol film of genre Drama directed by Fernando Trueba released in USA on 20 december 1992 with Jorge Sanz
Belle Époque (1992)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 20 december 1992
Length 1h48
Directed by Fernando Trueba
OriginEspagne
Themes Political films
Rating70%
Belle Époque is a 1992 Spanish film directed by Fernando Trueba. The title doesn't derive from the period in French history known as the Belle Époque ("The Beautiful Era") but from the days before the Spanish Civil War. Belle Époque received the Goya Award for Best Film along with eight other Goya Awards and was named Best Foreign Language Film at the 66th Academy Awards.
Synopsis
The year is 1931. Spain is politically divided between Republicans and Traditionalists and on the verge of the Spanish Second Republic. Fernando, a young soldier, deserts. He befriends Manolo (Fernando Fernán Gómez), an old man with a large house in the country. Fernando meets and is enchanted by Manolo's four daughters. As he meets each of the first three one by one, he falls in love and has sex with each of them, determining to marry but with each one a complication arises: Clara (Miriam Díaz-Aroca), a widow who only recently lost her husband and who seeks solace with Fernando; Violeta (Ariadna Gil), a lesbian who is only attracted to Fernando when he is dressed as a woman for a costume ball and Rocío (Maribel Verdú), a social climber who is about to marry into a royalist family for the security it would provide and who only momentarily succumbs to Fernando's charms. Heartbroken each time, the father of the girls encourages him to have patience. Each of the daughters is beautiful and represents a different aspect of feminine sexuality. The youngest of the family, Luz (Penélope Cruz), represents naïveté. While Fernando is pursuing her sisters, Luz gets progressively angry and jealous but eventually Fernando realizes that she is the best one of the four to marry.Actors
Jorge Sanz
(Fernando)
Penélope Cruz
(Luz)
Fernando Fernán Gómez
(Manolo)
Michel Galabru
(Danglard)
Ariadna Gil
(Violeta)
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