The Year Of Awakening
Brief Synopsis
Set in 1942 in a sanitorium on the Spanish-Portuguese border, a place where everyone, behind their straight-laced exteriors, is secretly harboring wild sexual obsessions.
Cast & Crew
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Fernando Trueba
Director
Jorge Sanz
Manolo Huete
Maribel Verdú
Maria Jesus
Manuel Alexandre
Emilio
Rafaela Aparicio
Rafaela
Lucas Martin
Jesus
Film Details
Also Known As
Ano de las Luces, El año de las luces, Manolo, Year of Awakening, The
Genre
Comedy
Romance
Release Date
1987
Production Company
Iberoamericana
Location
Madrid, Spain
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
Synopsis
Set in 1942 in a sanitorium on the Spanish-Portuguese border, a place where everyone, behind their straight-laced exteriors, is secretly harboring wild sexual obsessions.
Director
Fernando Trueba
Director
Cast
Jorge Sanz
Manolo Huete
Maribel Verdú
Maria Jesus
Manuel Alexandre
Emilio
Rafaela Aparicio
Rafaela
Lucas Martin
Jesus
Veronica Forque
Irene
Santiago Ramos
Chus Lampreave
Headmistress
Jose Sazatornil
Priest
Pedro Reyes
Violeta Cela
Miguel Rellan
Crew
Juan Amoros
Director Of Photography
Rafael Azcona
Screenwriter
Carmen Frías
Editor
Andres Vicente Gomez
Executive Producer
Francisco Guerrero
Music
Cristina Huete
Production Manager
Cristina Huette
Producer
Jean-claude Laureux
Sound
Gilles Ortion
Sound
Josep Rosell
Production Designer
Fernando Trueba
Screenwriter
Film Details
Also Known As
Ano de las Luces, El año de las luces, Manolo, Year of Awakening, The
Genre
Comedy
Romance
Release Date
1987
Production Company
Iberoamericana
Location
Madrid, Spain
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
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Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of a Silver Bear at the 1987 Berlin International Film Festival.
Released in United States February 1987
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival February 1987.
Began shooting June 2, 1986.
Released in United States February 1987 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival February 1987.)
