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El año de las luces (1986)

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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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Runtime: 105 mins Rating: 6.6

Cast

Chus Lampreave

Doña Tránsito

Diana Peñalver

Paquita

Maribel Verdú

María Jesús

Verónica Forqué

Irene

Manuel Alexandre

Emilio

Violeta Cela

Vicenta

Carlos Lucas

Mariano

José Sazatornil

Don Teódulo

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Crew

Esther García

Assistant Production Manager

Joaquín Manchado

Assistant Camera

Andrés Vicente Gómez

Producer

Lala Huete

Assistant Costume Designer

Jean-Claude Laureux

Sound

Gilles Ortion

Boom Operator

Peris

Wardrobe Master

Teresa Matías

Hairstylist

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