Is Year of Enlightment sad?

Yes. More sad than 82% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Year of Enlightment scary?

Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Year of Enlightment easy watching?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Year of Enlightment violent?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Year of Enlightment end with hope?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Year of Enlightment

Name: Year of Enlightment
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 1986
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 6
Cast: Jorge Sanz, Verónica Forqué, Maribel Verdú, Rafaela Aparicio, Santiago Ramos

Directed by Fernando Trueba

Produced by Iberoamericana Films Producción

1986105 min6.0 / 10

A coming-of-age drama set in a tuberculosis sanatorium during WWII that traces a young man's awakening to love and loss against the backdrop of illness and historical upheaval.

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.

Clusters

Ordinary Lives During Historic Events Bittersweet Doomed Romances Fantasy Versus Reality Historical Forbidden Romance Houses and Dwellings

Genres

Drama War

Keywords

Brother World War Ii Sanatorium Coming Of Age Tuberculosis 1940s

Questions people ask

Is Year of Enlightment sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.
Is Year of Enlightment scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.
Is Year of Enlightment easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is Year of Enlightment violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Does Year of Enlightment end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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