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| | The DVD Journal Quick Reviews: Belle Époque |
 | | Despite an awkwardly unfunny "comic" murder-suicide in the opening minutes, Belle Époque epitomizes the breezy kind of uninhibited, oversexed, and yet never crass romantic comedy that the European film industry excels at, and which Hollywood often fails to replicate. |
 | | Not only did Belle Époque nearly sweep Spain's national Goya awards, it also snagged the 1994 Oscar for Best Foreign Film, capping a good year for Spanish cinema, during which Cruz's breakthrough film, the eccentric comedy Jamón, Jamón, also created a substantial buzz in the international market. |
 | | Belle Époque looks very nice in Columbia TriStar's 2.35:1 anamorphic transfer with 2.0 Dolby Surround audio in Castilian Spanish (there's also an atrocious dubbed English track). |
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