Belle Époque (film)
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| Belle Époque | |
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| Directed by | Fernando Trueba |
| Produced by | Fernando Trueba |
| Written by | Rafael Azcona José Luis García Sánchez Fernando Trueba |
| Starring | Penélope Cruz Miriam Díaz Aroca Gabino Diego |
| Music by | Antoine Duhamel Guillermo Fernández Shaw Federico Romero |
| Cinematography | José Luis Alcaine |
| Editing by | Carmen Frías |
| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Classics |
| Release date(s) |  December 4, 1992 25 February 1994 |
| Running time | 109 min. |
| Language | Spanish |
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Belle Époque is a 1992 Spanish film directed by Fernando Trueba. The title derives from the period French history known as the Belle Époque ('The beautiful Era').
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[edit] Synopsis
The year is 1931. Spain is politically divided between republicans and royalists and on the verge of the Spanish Civil War. Fernando, a young soldier, deserts his duty. He befriends Manolo, an old man with a large house in the country. Fernando meets and is enchanted by Manolo's four daughters, Rocio, Violeta, Clara and Luz. Each of the first three is beautiful, and represents a different aspect of feminine sexuality; the youngest, an ugly duckling, represents naïveté. 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. Heartbroken each time, the father of the girls encourages him to have patience. Meanwhile, Luz, the youngest gets angry with jealousy but eventually Fernando realizes that the best one to marry would be her.
[edit] Cast and characters
- Penélope Cruz as Luz
- Miriam Díaz Aroca as Clara (as Miriam Díaz-Aroca)
- Gabino Diego as Juanito
- Fernando Fernán Gómez as Manolo
- Michel Galabru as Danglard
- Ariadna Gil as Violeta
- Agustín González as Don Luis
- Chus Lampreave as Doña Asun
- Mary Carmen Ramírez as Amalia
- Jorge Sanz as Fernando
- Maribel Verdú as Rocío
- Juan José Otegui as Soldier (El cabo)
- Jesús Bonilla as Soldier (El número)
- María Galiana as La Polonia
- Joan Potau as Paco (as Juan Potau)
[edit] Selected awards
- 1993 - various Goya Awards
- Best Film (Mejor Película)
- Best Director (Mejor Director) - Fernando Trueba
- Best Lead Actress (Mejor Actriz Principal) - Ariadna Gil
- Best Supporting Actor (Mejor Actor de Reparto) - Fernando Fernán Gómez
- Best Supporting Actress (Mejor Actriz de Reparto) - Chus Lampreave
- Best Original Screenplay (Mejor Guión Original) - Rafael Azcona, José Luis García Sánchez, Fernando Trueba
- Best Cinematography (Mejor Fotografía) - José Luis Alcaine
- Best Production Design (Mejor Dirección Artística) - Juan Botella
- Best Editing (Mejor Montaje) - Carmen Frías
- 1993 - Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film
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| Preceded by Amantes |
Goya Award for Best Picture 1993 |
Succeeded by Todos a la cárcel |
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| Preceded by Indochine |
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film 1992 |
Succeeded by Burnt by the Sun |
