Year of Enlightment (1986)

ALL 12/05/1986 (es) Drama, War 105 Min
  • Release
    12/05/1986
  • Production
    Iberoamericana Films Producción
  • Rotten tomato
    61%
  • Original title
    El año de las luces
  • Original language
    es
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

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.

  1. Fernando Trueba

    Director

  2. Manuel Huete

    Story

  3. Carmen Frías

    Editor



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Year of Enlightment (1986) 105 Min

ALL 12/05/1986 (es)
Drama, War
  • Release 12/05/1986
  • Production
    Iberoamericana Films Producción
  • Original title El año de las luces
  • es
  • Revenue0.00

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.

  1. Fernando Trueba

    Director

  2. Manuel Huete

    Story

  3. Carmen Frías

    Editor

  4. Andrés Vicente Gómez

    Producer