Year of Enlightment

Year of Enlightment

1986
1h 45m
5.9

5.9/10

21 votes • View on IMDb
Drama War
Overview

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.

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Production Information

Production Companies
Iberoamericana Films Producción
Production Countries
Spain
Spoken Languages
French Spanish

Keywords

brother world war ii sanatorium coming of age tuberculosis 1940s

Quick Facts

Original Title El año de las luces
Release Date December 5, 1986
Status Released
Language ES
IMDb ID tt0090679

Cast

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

José «Saza» Sazatornil
José «Saza» Sazatornil

Don Teódulo

Manuel Alexandre
Manuel Alexandre

Emilio

Violeta Cela
Violeta Cela

Vicenta

Diana Peñalver
Diana Peñalver

Paquita

Lucas Martín
Lucas Martín

Jesús

Juan de Pablos
Juan de Pablos

Padre José

Key Crew

Fernando Trueba
Director
Fernando Trueba
Writer
Rafael Azcona
Writer
Andrés Vicente Gómez
Producer