Year of Enlightment
Year of Enlightment

Year of Enlightment

6.1

1 hr 45 min

1986-12-05

20

April, 1940. Manolo, 16 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, Maria Jesus, with whom Manolo falls hopelessly in love. A relationship grows up between them which will mark them both for ever.

Drama

War

Trailers

Characters

Jorge Sanz

Jorge Sanz

Manolo

Verónica Forqué

Verónica Forqué

Irene

Maribel Verdú

Maribel Verdú

María Jesús

Rafaela Aparicio

Rafaela Aparicio

Rafaela

Santiago Ramos

Santiago Ramos

Pepe

Chus Lampreave

Chus Lampreave

Doña Tránsito

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