Belle Epoque

Starring: Jorge Sanz Director: Fernando Trueba

DVD Features:

Audio:

• Dolby Digital 2.0 - Spanish
• Dolby Digital 2.0 - English

Additional Release Material:

• Trailers

Interactive Features:

• Interactive Menus
• Scene Selection

Major Awards:

Academy Awards - Best Foreign Language Film (1993)

Product Description:

Spain, 1931. The monarchy is ending, and the army and church reign supreme over Spanish life. In this tumultuous world, Fernando, a young soldier, decides to desert the army in hopes of finding a more pleasant way to live. He takes refuge with Manolo, a farmer, and when the farmer's four beautiful daughters arrive, each uses her own unique charms to seduce the willing--though exhausted--soldier. Academy Awards: Best Foreign Film.

Plot Keywords:

Comedy | Racy | Romance | Theatrical Release

Production Notes:

• Winner of 9 Goyas (Spanish Academy Awards) for Best Film, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actress (Ariadna Gil), Best Supporting Actor (Fernando Fernán Gómez), Best Supporting Actress (Chus Lampreave), Best Cinematographer, Best Art Direction, and Best Editing.
• Won 3 Silver Fotogramas (Spanish Film Critics Awards) for Best Film, Best Actor (Jorge Sanz) and Best Actress (Ariadna Gil).
• Other awards the film won were: Saint Jordi, Calabuch (Peñiscola Comedy Film Festival), Aescan (Andalusian Critics Awards), Reseña, Ojo Critico, Cartelera Turia, and Festival de Huesca.
  The film was also nominated for Best European Film at the Felix Awards (European Film Awards).
• The film won prizes or appeared at the following festivals in 1993: Gramado Film Festival (Brazil); Berlin Film Festival; Festival of Festivals, Toronto; Boston Film Festival; Hamptons International Film Festival.
• It was the 1993 Spanish entry to the Academy Awards.
• Shot in Cinemascope.
• Copyright 1992 Fernando Trueba P.C.S.A.-Lola Films S.A.

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