 Belle Epoque 1992  R, 108 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Fernando Trueba
Cast: Jorge Sanz, Fernando Fernan Gomez, Maribel Verdu, Ariadna Gil, Miriam Diaz Aroca, Penelope Cruz, Gabino Diego, Michel Galabru, Agustin Gonzalez, Chus Lampreave
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, this sex comedy revolves around army deserter Fernando (Jorge Sanz) who finds refuge with a farmer and his four beautiful daughters.
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Caricies 1998  N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Caresses
Director: Ventura Pons
Cast: David Selvas, Laura Conejero, Julieta Serrano, Montserrat Salvador, Agustin Gonzalez, Naim Thomas, Sergi Lopez, Merce Pons, Jordi Dauder, Roger Coma
Based on a Sergi Belbel play, this film consists of 11 interconnected dialogues between two people in various situations. One of the characters in each encounter is followed as he/she proceeds to the next. Interesting at times.
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 The Grandfather 1998  PG, 147 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jose Luis Garci
Cast: Fernando Fernan Gomez, Rafael Alonso, Cayetana Guillan Cuervo, Agustin Gonzalez, Cristina Cruz, Alicia Rozas, Fernando Guillen, Francisco Piquer, Naria Massip, Jose Caride
Following notification of his son's death, an aging Rodrigo de Arista (Fernando Fernan Gomez) returns to Spain where he greets his two granddaughters, Doli (Cristina Cruz) and Neli (Alicia Rozas). Because he knows his daughter-in-law, Lucrecia (Cayetana Guillen Cuervo), cheated on her husband, Rodrigo believes one of the children is not his blood relation. Rodrigo is in a position to search for the truth and reveal a possible family secret–but, will he? .
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To Begin Again 1982  PG, 93 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jose Luis Garci
Cast: Antonio Ferrandis, Encarna Paso, Jose Bodalo, Agustin Gonzalez, Pablo Del Hoyo, Marta Fernandez Muro, Pablo Hoyos
A famed author (Antonio Ferrandis), aware that he has a terminal illness, returns from exile to his homeland in Spain. His sentimental journey leads him to a former lover (Encarna Paso), and the flame is rekindled. This film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.
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| 1. Belle Epoque (1992)
2. Caricies (1998)
aka: Caresses
3. The Grandfather (1998)
4. To Begin Again (1982)
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