The film by the Spanish director Fernando Trueb, in the Russian box office for some reason called “The graceful era” / Belle Epoque, 1992, although it is usually translated as “Beautiful era”, or even not translated at all, since this is an established term. Oh, come on.
The action takes place in 1931 somewhere in the Spanish wilderness,
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The film by the Spanish director Fernando Trueb, in the Russian box office for some reason called “The graceful era” / Belle Epoque, 1992, although it is usually translated as “Beautiful era”, or even not translated at all, since this is an established term. Oh, come on. The action takes place in 1931 somewhere in the Spanish wilderness, the main character is a young deserter Fernando (Jorge Sanz), unsuccessfully caught by two representatives of the Civil Guard, however, due to a deadly skirmish that happened between them, who managed to escape, falls in one village in the house of the artist Manolo (Fernando Fernan Gomez), who will remove his handcuffs and leave him in his house for the night. Later it turns out that Fernando, who spent 6 years in the seminary and was engaged in cooking there, knows how to cook well, and Manolo will appreciate these skills. However, after a while Fernando still plans to leave, as his plans include getting to America. But then the unexpected happens - at the station, where Manolo brought him to meet four daughters who came to him at the same time, Fernando, who is despondent to the female sex, will be fascinated by the beauty of his daughters and will not find the strength to leave, which, however, was predicted by Manolo, who is generally distinguished by ingenuity. And begins the love adventures of Fernando, who sleeps in turns with his three daughters, at the end deciding that the most suitable for him is the youngest daughter Luz (young Penelope Cruz), who is actually in love with him and whom he eventually marries. True, the ceremony of marriage will be overshadowed by a tragic incident, but this will not be particularly embarrassing for them, Manolo decides that they can be considered husband and wife, since now in Spain the republic and can be considered as such, it is not necessary to marry. In the end, Fernando and Luz go to America with the mother of their daughters, who decided to visit her family with her current lover. The film is interesting, but there was something missing in it that I liked. I have a positive attitude to comedies, including satirical and even black, the title of the film clearly carries sarcasm, but here it all looked a little tense or too straightforward, so I will not recommend for viewing, but many people liked the film, crowned with many awards, including the Oscar for best film in a foreign language.
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