BELLE ÉPOQUE (15)
D: Fernando Trueba
Mayfair/Lola/Animatografo (Andres Vicente
Gomez)
Spain/Portugal 🇪🇸 🇵🇹 1992 (released 1993)
109 mins
Comedy
W: Rafael Azcona
DP: Jose Luis Alcaine
Ed: Carmen Frias
Mus: Antoine Duhamel
PD: Juan Botella
Fernando Fernan Gomez (Manolo), Jorge Sanz (Fernando),
Maribel Verdu (Rocio), Ariadna Gil (Violetta), Miriam Diaz-Aroca (Clara), Penelope Cruz (Luz), Gabino Diego (Juanito)
In Spain during the 1930's, an army deserter finds refuge
in a house of a widower with four beautiful daughters, with whom the deserter has a romance with each of.
If this was made in Britain or the United States it would
be classed as a sex comedy (and would probably be crass), but this is very respectfully done with some good performances, especially from the actresses playing the four
daughters.
A surprise winner for the Foreign Film Oscar of
1993.
6/10