Details

Release year: 1992

Storyline

A 1931 Spanish military deserter finds himself on a lonely farm until the farmer's four daughters pay a visit and he falls for all of them.

Top credits

Directors

Fernando Trueba

Writers

Cast

Fernando Fernán Gómez — Manolo
Jorge Sanz — Fernando
Penélope Cruz — Luz
Miriam Díaz-Aroca — Clara

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Awards

1 win & 0 nominations

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Did you know

• When accepting his Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, director (Fernando Trueba) said: "I would like to believe in God in order to thank him for this prize, but I only believe in (Billy Wilder), so... Thank you, Mr. Wilder!". Wilder himself reportedly phoned Trueba a few days later for acknowledgment and told him: "Hello Fernando, I'm God".

• Fernando Trueba shot the movie in Portugal for two main reasons: 1) he couldn't find any place similar to what he had in mind in Spain and 2) the use of that Portuguese location allowed him to empathize the tone of fable the story required.

• Despite the title, the plot is not set in the period of French history known as the Belle Époque ('The Beautiful Era'), but during the dawn of the Second Spanish Republic, 1931-1939.