

1992·Comedy·1h 49m
7.1
★











In 1931, a young soldier deserts from the army and falls into a country farm, where he is welcomed by the owner due to his political ideas. Manolo has four daughters, Fernando likes all of them and they like him, so he has to decide which one to love.
Directed by Fernando Trueba
jealousy
politics
desertion
tango
marriage
love
murder
soldier
lust
polyamory

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Cast

Jorge Sanz
Fernando

Penélope Cruz
Luz

Miriam Díaz-Aroca
Clara

Ariadna Gil
Violeta

Maribel Verdú
Rocío

Fernando Fernán Gómez
Manolo

Gabino Diego
Juanito

María Galiana
La Polonia

Michel Galabru
Danglard

Agustín González
Don Luis

Chus Lampreave
Doña Asun

Mary Carmen Ramírez
Amalia
Crew

Fernando Trueba
Director

Rafael Azcona
Screenplay

Antoine Duhamel
Original Music Composer

Carmen Frías
Editor

José Luis Alcaine
Director of Photography

Andrés Vicente Gómez
Executive Producer

António da Cunha Telles
Co-Producer

José Luis García Sánchez
Story

Rafael Azcona
Story

Fernando Trueba
Story

Lala Huete
Costume Design

Alfonso Pino
Sound Mixer
Popular Reviews
39 reviews
madihtkka
7.0★ · 02/14/26

little women but first you have to hook up with every single sister? extremely fun with the best house in the world and i love the sisters so much but this would probably be nicer not watched in 2 pixel quality. i have to do whatever it takes for english subtitles. love!!
little women but first you have to hook up with every single sister? extremely fun with the best house in the world and i love the sisters so much but this would probably be nicer not watched in 2 pixel quality. i have to do whatever it takes for english subtitles. love!!
Puala Soles
7.0★ · 12/11/25

Penélope Cruz haciendo blackface what a concept
Penélope Cruz haciendo blackface what a concept
Kylee
7.0★ · 07/02/25

this movie was quite beautiful. for a concept that seems like it could be complicated and dramatic, the movie remains very lighthearted and humorous. it doesn’t view sex in a negative way but instead celebrates its beauty and sensuality. fernando isn’t necessarily a very interesting character but his relationships with the women are beautiful. he is different when he is with each of the sisters and in a way, he transforms to fit what each woman needs in that moment. as opposed to fernando, i found the sisters to be very intriguing characters.
i really liked the overall theme of contentedness and the appreciation of beauty and sensuality during a brief time. as well as the idea to not be afraid of death and to instead let death and beauty live side by side. because without death, we would never really appreciate beauty. nothing good lasts forever and there is always the threat of death looming over us but it is good to appreciate the peace while we can. this also ties in with the time period as this takes place a little bit before the spanish civil war. so this was a brief moment of peace before the terrible days to come.
there is probably more to this movie that i didn’t understand specifically with the language as i’m not a spanish speaker, but i still feel that i took a lot away from this movie.
i really liked the overall theme of contentedness and the appreciation of beauty and sensuality during a brief time. as well as the idea to not be afraid of death and to instead let death and beauty live side by side. because without death, we would never really appreciate beauty. nothing good lasts forever and there is always the threat of death looming over us but it is good to appreciate the peace while we can. this also ties in with the time period as this takes place a little bit before the spanish civil war. so this was a brief moment of peace before the terrible days to come.
there is probably more to this movie that i didn’t understand specifically with the language as i’m not a spanish speaker, but i still feel that i took a lot away from this movie.
this movie was quite beautiful. for a concept that seems like it could be complicated and dramatic, the movie remains very lighthearted and humorous. it doesn’t view sex in a negative way but instead celebrates its beauty and sensuality. fernando isn’t necessarily a very interesting character but his relationships with the women are beautiful. he is different when he is with each of the sisters and in a way, he transforms to fit what each woman needs in that moment. as opposed to fernando, i found the sisters to be very intriguing characters.
i really liked the overall theme of contentedness and the appreciation of beauty and sensuality during a brief time. as well as the idea to not be afraid of death and to instead let death and beauty live side by side. because without death, we would never really appreciate beauty. nothing good lasts forever and there is always the threat of death looming over us but it is good to appreciate the peace while we can. this also ties in with the time period as this takes place a little bit before the spanish civil war. so this was a brief moment of peace before the terrible days to come.
there is probably more to this movie that i didn’t understand specifically with the language as i’m not a spanish speaker, but i still feel that i took a lot away from this movie.
i really liked the overall theme of contentedness and the appreciation of beauty and sensuality during a brief time. as well as the idea to not be afraid of death and to instead let death and beauty live side by side. because without death, we would never really appreciate beauty. nothing good lasts forever and there is always the threat of death looming over us but it is good to appreciate the peace while we can. this also ties in with the time period as this takes place a little bit before the spanish civil war. so this was a brief moment of peace before the terrible days to come.
there is probably more to this movie that i didn’t understand specifically with the language as i’m not a spanish speaker, but i still feel that i took a lot away from this movie.
Popi
8.0★ · 06/30/25

Never been so jealous of a fictional character in my life before. I, too, am obsessed with all four of them, Fernando.
Never been so jealous of a fictional character in my life before. I, too, am obsessed with all four of them, Fernando.
Nate Acuna
5.0★ · 05/22/25

The way I paused the film to fact check Penelope Cruz doing blackface …..
The way I paused the film to fact check Penelope Cruz doing blackface …..