Belle Epoque (The Age of Beauty)

Belle Epoque (The Age of Beauty) (1992)

  • 93% of critics liked it
    (15 reviews)

  • 74% of users liked it
    (5,594 ratings)

After striking responsive chord at the Berlin Film Festival, Fernando Trueba's Belle Epoque (aka Age of Beauty) went on to win 9 Spanish Goya awards and an Academy Award for "Best Foreign Film." Set in pre-Franco Spain, film stars Jorge Sanz as Fernando, a carefree, pacifistic army deserter.… More

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R, 1 hr. 49 min.
Directed By
Fernando Trueba
Genres
Drama, Romance, Art House & International, Comedy
In Theaters
Dec 4, 1992 Wide
On DVD
May 20, 2003
Fernando Trueba

Critic Reviews

  • Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

    Manages to turn what could have been a lowbrow sex farce into something at once funny and sweetly innocent.

  • Pablo Villaca, Cinema em Cena

    Um filme leve e descompromissado, mas só - e sua vitória no Oscar 94 representa apenas mais uma das inúmeras injustiças cometidas pela Academia.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Mark A


    A rollicking good bedroom farce. Fernando (Jorge Sanz), an army deserter just prior to the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, finds himself the beneficiary of the hospitality of Manolo (Fernando Fernan Gomez). The arrival of Manolo's four lovely daughters sets the story in… More

  • Daisy M


    Award winner for best Foreign movie, Belle Epoque was a light romantic comedy, easy to watch, and easiy to like.It was set in the glorious time of Spain, before Franco and it was beautifully filmed and acted.The story started with a young soldier,who deserted and became friends with… More

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