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El año de las luces

El año de las luces

(1986)

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.

Featured Crew

  1. Director : Fernando Trueba
  2. Producer : Andrés Vicente Gómez
  3. Writer : Fernando Trueba,Rafael Azcona
  4. Editor : Carmen Frías
  5. Cast : Jorge Sanz,Verónica Forqué,Maribel Verdú,Rafaela Aparicio,Santiago Ramos,Chus Lampreave,José «Saza» Sazatornil,Manuel Alexandre,Violeta Cela,Diana Peñalver,Lucas Martín,Juan de Pablos,Pedro Reyes,Pilar Marco,José María Cañete,Gabriel Latorre,António Sequeira Lopes,María Jesús Hoyos,Sonia Tarin,Mercedes Jiménez,Carmen Velasco,Paloma Recio,Isabel Ordaz,Pilar Ordóñez,Mónica Martín,Bárbara Tardón,Sot'so,José Antonio Díaz,Herlinda Cembreros,Javier Lozano,Joaquín Chaves,Carlos Lucas,Ismael Martín,Marcelo García Flores,Rosa Pascual,Asunción Nogales,Casimira Encinas,Carmen Espada,Rafael Serna,Jesús Fernández,Manuel Huete

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Original TitleEl año de las luces

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1986-12-05

Original LanguageUnknown

Runtime 01h 45m

Production CompaniesIberoamericana Films Producción

Genres

  • Drama
  • War

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