Underplayed Gems

Year of Enlightment (1986)

Year of Enlightment poster
Original title
El año de las luces
Directed by
Fernando Trueba
Genre
comedy film
Country
Spain
Runtime
1h 45m
Rated
15
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 23 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A 16-year-old boy discovers love and sex in Spain right after the Civil War. The film follows his awkward and tender experiences with a local girl.

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What happens

Year of Enlightment (Spanish: El año de las luces, and also released as The Year of the Awakening) is a 1986 Spanish film directed by Fernando Trueba, starring Jorge Sanz and Maribel Verdú. The film is a coming of age story of a sixteen-year-old boy finding love and sex in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War. The film was awarded the Silver Bear at the 37th Berlin International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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