Belle Époque (film)

Infobox_Film
name = Belle Époque


caption = original film poster
director = Fernando Trueba
producer = Fernando Trueba
writer = Rafael Azcona José Luis García Sánchez Fernando Trueba
starring = Penélope Cruz Miriam Díaz Aroca Gabino Diego
music = Antoine Duhamel Guillermo Fernández Shaw Federico Romero
cinematography = José Luis Alcaine
editing = Carmen Frías
distributor = Sony Pictures Classics
released = flagicon|Spain December 4, 1992
flagicon|USA 25 February, 1994
runtime = 109 min.
language = Spanish
budget =
imdb_id = 0103791|

"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').

ynopsis

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 is she.

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)

elected 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

External links

*imdb title|id=0103791|title=Belle Époque

succession box
title=Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
years=1992
before="Indochine"
after="Burnt by the Sun"