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Dominican Rep. The Year of Awakening
- Original title
- El año de las luces
- Year
- 1986
- Running time
- 99 min.
- Country
Spain- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Jorge Sanz
Maribel Verdú
Verónica Forqué
Manuel Alexandre
Rafaela Aparicio
Santiago Ramos
Chus Lampreave
José Sazatornil
Violeta Cela
Diana Peñalver- Lucas Martín
- Juan de Pablos
Pedro Reyes- Pilar Marco
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Comedy | Teen/coming-of-age. Spanish Post-War
- Synopsis
- April, 1940. Manolo, 15 years old, and Jesus, who is just 8, are taken by their older brother Pepe, a lieutenant in the Army, to a sanatorium for children suffering from tuberculosis, situated on the border with Portugal. Once in the sanatorium, Manolo, surrounded by boys all much younger than he is, feels a bit like the cock of the walk since the only other man around is the handyman Emilio who looks after the gardens and does whatever needs to be done about the place. His wife, Rafaela, is the cook. Manolo meets Irene, a falangist who runs the sanatorium, and the school teacher, Miss Transito, a crabby spinster. He has his first sexual experience, albeit as a voyeur, with his nurse Vicenta. When she has to leave, her place is taken by a girl from the village, María Jesús, with whom Manolo falls hopelessly in love. A relationship grows up between them which will mark them both for ever.
- Rankings Position
- Awards
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1986: Goya for Best Supporting Actress (Verónica Forqué)1987: Berlin Film Festival: Silver Bear - Outstanding Single Archievement
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