This winner of 1993's Academy Award for best foreign film (and winner of nine Goyas -- Spain's top film prize) is a light and airy comedy that really shouldn't work as well as it does. But with its narrative simplicity and charming performances and deft directorial touch, Belle Epoque emerges as an entertaining romp. It's a reverie of one man's belle époque, or beautiful time, not quite real and not quite fantasy, just a moment of serendipity that transcends the mundane. At heart an extended “farmer's daughter” tale, Belle Epoque succeeds by eliminating the potential smut factor and celebrating the whimsy of choice. Set in Spain in 1931, the story recounts the experiences of Fernando (Sanz), an army deserter to whom a free-thinking artist, Manolo (Gómez), extends shelter and friendship. When Manolo's four daughters return to his big, countryside home in order to escape the political strife in Madrid, Fernando finds himself in paradise. In turn, he seduces -- or, more accurately, is seduced by -- each of these four lovely young women. Each one different, each one tempting, Fernando is giddy with an embarrassment of riches.
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