Belle Epoque (film)
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| German title | Belle Epoque | ||
| Original title | Belle epoque | ||
| Country of production | Spain , Portugal | ||
| original language | Spanish | ||
| Publishing year | 1992 | ||
| length | 110 minutes | ||
| Age rating | FSK 12 | ||
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| Director | Fernando Trueba | ||
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Rafael Azcona José Luis García Sánchez Fernando Trueba |
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| production | Fernando Trueba | ||
| music | Antoine Duhamel | ||
| camera | José Luis Alcaine | ||
| cut | Carmen Frías | ||
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Belle Epoque is a Spanish feature film from 1992. The multi-award-winning comedy was directed by Fernando Trueba .
action
The film is set in Spain in early 1931 , shortly before the Second Spanish Republic is proclaimed . The young soldier Fernando deserted from the Spanish army and wandered the country. In a village he finds accommodation with the lonely Don Manolo. Don Manolo is living in anticipation of his four daughters who will arrive from Madrid . His wife is an opera singer and is on tour abroad. Don Manolo confesses to him that in his life he has never rebelled, either against the army, against the church or against the institution of marriage. He regrets this because he is actually a rebel. When the day of arrival came, Fernando was supposed to leave and went to the train station with Don Manolo. When Fernando sees the four pretty daughters Clara, Violeta, Rocío and Luz get off the train, he falls in love with the youngest daughter Luz and decides to stay. The four young women plunge the young man into various emotional entanglements. First, Violeta seduces him at a carnival festival . Violeta uses Fernando's uniform as a carnival costume, while the four women have made Fernando a maid. Violeta reverses the relationship between men and women. Fernando falls in love with her, but the next day, when he confesses his love for Don Manolo to his daughter, he learns that she is a lesbian and that she will never marry him.
The second youngest daughter Rocío is said to be richly married. The future husband, however, is under the thumb of his arch-Catholic mother. This leads to numerous conflicts. Fernando witnesses one of these conflicts and comforts Rocío, who then seduces him. Fernando falls in love all over again, but has to realize that Rocío does not want to give up the good game and still wants to marry the stupid rich mother's son.
The eldest daughter Clara has been a widow for a year. Her husband had drowned while having a picnic in the local river. Clara longs for physical love. When she is walking by the river with Fernando, she seduces him. All these erotic entanglements do not escape the young Luz, who fell in love with Fernando at first sight. After the aberrations of the last few weeks, Fernando finally confesses his love to the pretty Luz, which had already begun at the train station, and the two marry. The three other daughters are saying goodbye to the big city again. The mother who has returned takes the young couple on another concert tour to the USA, and Don Manolo is left alone again.
reception
The film had its premiere in Spain in December 1992 and became the greatest success of 1993. The film brought the young Penélope Cruz the international breakthrough. The film premiered in Germany in February 1993 in the Berlinale competition and was released in cinemas in December 1993.
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- Fischer Filmalmanach 1994: A lively erotic comedy whose dialogues formulate sharp-tongued utopian drafts, social criticism, political hopes and erotic discoveries. In terms of camera work, décor and costumes, this is a pleasure that continues in the actor's leadership.
Awards
In 1993 the film received nine Goya awards in Spain , including best film, best director and three actor awards .
In 1994 the film received the Oscar in the category of best foreign language film , and in 1995 the BAFTA award in the category of best foreign film.
He also took part in the competition at the Berlinale 1993 , but received nothing when it came to the award.
Web links
- Belle Epoque in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b [1] at Rotten Tomatoes , accessed on March 14, 2015
- ↑ Belle Epoque in the Internet Movie Database (English)