Release Date

05 Dec, 1986

Runtime

01:45: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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.

Original Title

El año de las luces

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Actors

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

Crew

Rafael Azcona

Fernando Trueba

Fernando Trueba

Manuel Huete

Carmen Martínez Rebé

Alfredo Díaz

Juan Pedro Hernández

Pablo Blanco

Carmen Frías

Ramón Moya

Alfonso Pino

Alfonso Jadraque

Josep Rosell i Palau

Esther García