Year of Enlightment

Year: 1986

Runtime: 105 mins

Language: Spanish

Director: Fernando Trueba

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April 1940, 16‑year‑old Manolo and his 8‑year‑old brother Jesús are taken by their army‑lieutenant brother to a tuberculosis sanatorium on the Portuguese border. Surrounded by younger patients, Manolo feels dominant, sharing the only male company of gardener Emilio and his wife Rafaela. He has a voyeuristic first sexual encounter with nurse Vicenta; when she departs, village girl María Jesús replaces her, and Manolo falls hopelessly in love, a bond that will last.

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