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Belle Époque is a 1992 Spanish
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 film
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
 directed by Fernando Trueba
Fernando Trueba

Fernando Trueba is an award-winning Spanish book editor, screenwriter and film director.Among other awards, he has won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film with Belle ?poque in 1993, and the Goya Award as Best Director three times....
. The title derives from the period French history known as the Belle Époque
Belle Époque

The Belle ?poque was a period in history of Europe that began during the late 19th century and lasted until World War I. Occurring during the time of the French Third Republic and the German Empire, the "Belle ?poque" was named in retrospect, when it began to be considered a "golden age" for the upper classes, as peace prevailed among the m...
 (“The Beautiful Era”).

year is 1931. Spain is politically divided between republicans
Second Spanish Republic

The Second Spanish Republic was the system of government in Spain between April 14 1931, when King of Spain Alfonso XIII of Spain left the country following local and municipal elections in which republican candidates won the majority of votes in urban areas and April 1 1939, when the last of the Republican forces surrendered to Nationalist...
 and royalists and on the verge of the Spanish Civil War
Spanish Civil War

The Spanish Civil War was a major conflict in Spain that started after an attempted coup d'?tat by a group of Spanish Army generals, supported by the conservative Spanish Confederation of the Autonomous Right , Carlist groups and the fascistic Falange, against the government of the Second Spanish Republic, then under the leadership of pr...
. 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.






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Belle Époque is a 1992 Spanish
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 film
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
 directed by Fernando Trueba
Fernando Trueba

Fernando Trueba is an award-winning Spanish book editor, screenwriter and film director.Among other awards, he has won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film with Belle ?poque in 1993, and the Goya Award as Best Director three times....
. The title derives from the period French history known as the Belle Époque
Belle Époque

The Belle ?poque was a period in history of Europe that began during the late 19th century and lasted until World War I. Occurring during the time of the French Third Republic and the German Empire, the "Belle ?poque" was named in retrospect, when it began to be considered a "golden age" for the upper classes, as peace prevailed among the m...
 (“The Beautiful Era”).

Synopsis

The year is 1931. Spain is politically divided between republicans
Second Spanish Republic

The Second Spanish Republic was the system of government in Spain between April 14 1931, when King of Spain Alfonso XIII of Spain left the country following local and municipal elections in which republican candidates won the majority of votes in urban areas and April 1 1939, when the last of the Republican forces surrendered to Nationalist...
 and royalists and on the verge of the Spanish Civil War
Spanish Civil War

The Spanish Civil War was a major conflict in Spain that started after an attempted coup d'?tat by a group of Spanish Army generals, supported by the conservative Spanish Confederation of the Autonomous Right , Carlist groups and the fascistic Falange, against the government of the Second Spanish Republic, then under the leadership of pr...
. 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
Sex

In biology, sex is a process of combining and mixing genetics traits, often resulting in the specialization of organisms into male and female types ....
 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
    Penélope Cruz

    Pen?lope Cruz S?nchez , better known as Pen?lope Cruz, is a Spain actress. She gathered critical acclaim as a young actress for films such as Jam?n, Jam?n, La Ni?a de tus ojos, and Belle ?poque ....
     as Luz
  • Miriam Díaz Aroca as Clara (as Miriam Díaz-Aroca)
  • Gabino Diego
    Gabino Diego

    Gabino Diego is a Spain actor, born on 18 September 1966 in Madrid.His credits include: Ay Carmela and Belle ?poque ....
     as Juanito
  • Fernando Fernán Gómez
    Fernando Fernán Gómez

    Fernando Fern?n G?mez was a Spanish actor and director. He was born in Lima, Peru as his mother, Spanish actress Carola Fern?n-G?mez, was making a tour of Latin America....
     as Manolo
  • Michel Galabru
    Michel Galabru

    Michel Galabru is a France actor born on 27 October 1922 in Safi, Morocco, Morocco ....
     as Danglard
  • Ariadna Gil
    Ariadna Gil

    Ariadna Gil i Giner is a Spain actress. She is known for her expressive acting in films such as Belle Epoque or Lagrimas Negras.Gil was born in Barcelona, Spain....
     as Violeta
  • Agustín González
    Agustín González

    Agust?n Gonz?lez Mart?nez, was a Spanish actor....
     as Don Luis
  • Chus Lampreave
    Chus Lampreave

    Chus Lampreave is a Spanish actress.She started in movies in 1958, but she became internationally known thanks to her roles in films by Pedro Almod?var, where she plays old ladies with maternal or pastoral traits....
     as Doña Asun
  • Mary Carmen Ramírez as Amalia
  • Jorge Sanz
    Jorge Sanz

    Jorge Sanz is a Spanish actor and is one of the most prominent actors of the Spanish cinema of the 1990s. He is known to international audiences for his roles in the films: Amantes by director Vicente Aranda and Fernando Trueba?s Belle ?poque ....
     as Fernando
  • Maribel Verdú
    Maribel Verdú

    Maribel Verd? is a Spanish people actress. She is perhaps best known to English-speaking audiences playing the roles of Luisa in the 2001 film, Y tu mam? tambi?n and Mercedes in Guillermo del Toro's 2006 film Pan's Labyrinth....
     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)


Selected awards

  • 1993 - various Goya Awards
    Goya Awards

    The Goya Awards, known in Spanish language as los Premios Goya, are Spain's main national film awards, considered the Spanish equivalent to the American Academy Awards....
    • Best Film (Mejor Película)
    • Best Director (Mejor Director) - Fernando Trueba
      Fernando Trueba

      Fernando Trueba is an award-winning Spanish book editor, screenwriter and film director.Among other awards, he has won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film with Belle ?poque in 1993, and the Goya Award as Best Director three times....
    • Best Lead Actress (Mejor Actriz Principal) - Ariadna Gil
      Ariadna Gil

      Ariadna Gil i Giner is a Spain actress. She is known for her expressive acting in films such as Belle Epoque or Lagrimas Negras.Gil was born in Barcelona, Spain....
    • Best Supporting Actor (Mejor Actor de Reparto) - Fernando Fernán Gómez
      Fernando Fernán Gómez

      Fernando Fern?n G?mez was a Spanish actor and director. He was born in Lima, Peru as his mother, Spanish actress Carola Fern?n-G?mez, was making a tour of Latin America....
    • Best Supporting Actress (Mejor Actriz de Reparto) - Chus Lampreave
      Chus Lampreave

      Chus Lampreave is a Spanish actress.She started in movies in 1958, but she became internationally known thanks to her roles in films by Pedro Almod?var, where she plays old ladies with maternal or pastoral traits....
    • Best Original Screenplay
      Screenplay

      A screenplay or script is a written work especially for a film or television program. Screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing works....
       (Mejor Guión Original) - Rafael Azcona
      Rafael Azcona

      Rafael Azcona was an awarded Spain screenwriter and novelist who has worked with some of the best Spanish and international filmmakers. Azcona won five Goya Awards during his career, including a lifetime achievement award in 1998....
      , José Luis García Sánchez, Fernando Trueba
      Fernando Trueba

      Fernando Trueba is an award-winning Spanish book editor, screenwriter and film director.Among other awards, he has won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film with Belle ?poque in 1993, and the Goya Award as Best Director three times....
    • Best Cinematography
      Cinematography

      Cinematography , is the making of Stage lighting and camera choices when recording photographic s for the film. It is closely related to the art of photography....
       (Mejor Fotografía) - José Luis Alcaine
      José Luis Alcaine

      Jos? Luis Alcaine is a Spain born cinematographer. He was educated in Tangier's French Lycee Regnault and in the Spanish Institute. He was the first cinematographer to use fluorescent tube as "key" lighting in the 1970s....
    • Best Production Design (Mejor Dirección Artística) - Juan Botella
    • Best Editing (Mejor Montaje) - Carmen Frías
  • 1993 - Oscar
    Academy Awards

    The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers....
     for Best Foreign Language Film


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