Year of Enlightment
1986 · 105 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 1,153 VOTES · DIR. Fernando Trueba
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,300 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:11 THE YEAR OF AWAKENING
00:05:47 - bombed us a lot. - They were in Madrid.
00:12:31 I won't catch cold.
00:16:03 We're comrades. I was in the war, too.
00:18:46 Your dessert.
00:23:16 Jose Antonio and those who fell for God and Spain
00:31:30 Strolling down the Champs Elysées one day
00:34:56 He'll be punished.
00:37:54 No. They're...
00:41:39 Remember, you told me to.
00:46:01 Mom?
00:51:32 I know, you're just worn out.
00:53:51 With some girl from Madrid.
00:57:05 Manolo!
01:01:24 You're kidding! There's no comparison.
01:04:00 What was it?
01:08:14 I was just going.
01:13:07 Look. I'll close my eyes, open and close them...
01:16:10 What about this dance Miss Transito mentioned?
01:19:02 These sins with yourself...
01:22:22 But what if there is?
01:25:49 She's gone home.
01:29:18 I suspected it...
01:32:39 Bring me my rifle!