Year of Enlightment by Fernando Trueba
6.10
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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Cast
Jorge Sanz as Manolo
Verónica Forqué as Irene
Maribel Verdú as María Jesús
Rafaela Aparicio as Rafaela
Santiago Ramos as Pepe
Chus Lampreave as Doña Tránsito
José «Saza» Sazatornil as Don Teódulo
Manuel Alexandre as Emilio
Violeta Cela as Vicenta
Diana Peñalver as Paquita
Lucas Martín as Jesús
Juan de Pablos as Padre José
Pedro Reyes as Pascual
Pilar Marco as Pepita
José María Cañete as Caballero
Gabriel Latorre as falangista
António Sequeira Lopes as Joao
María Jesús Hoyos as Tomasa
Sonia Tarin as Chica Plaza
Mercedes Jiménez as Chica Quiosco
Carmen Velasco as Madre
Paloma Recio as Hermana 1
Isabel Ordaz as Hermana 2
Pilar Ordóñez as Hermana 3
Mónica Martín as Hermana 4
Bárbara Tardón as Hermana 5
Sot'so as Joven autobús
José Antonio Díaz as Viudo
Herlinda Cembreros as Tía
Javier Lozano as Guardia Civil 1
Joaquín Chaves as Guardia Civil 2
Carlos Lucas as Detenido
Ismael Martín as Niño
Marcelo García Flores as Motorista
Rosa Pascual as Monja 1
Asunción Nogales as Monja 2
Casimira Encinas as Campesina
Carmen Espada as Señora
Rafael Serna as Cazador 1
Jesús Fernández as Cazador 2
Manuel Huete as
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