---
title: 'Year of Enlightment (1986)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Fernando Trueba'
released: '1986-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 105
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Spain'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/year-of-enlightment-1986'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090679/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Year of Enlightment (1986)

1986 · 105 min · Comedy · Spain

Original title: El año de las luces

## Synopsis

Year of Enlightment 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Fernando Trueba](https://cinepixo.com/people/fernando-trueba)
- **Screenplay:** [Fernando Trueba](https://cinepixo.com/people/fernando-trueba), [Rafael Azcona](https://cinepixo.com/people/rafael-azcona)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Francisco Guerrero](https://cinepixo.com/people/francisco-guerrero)
- **Producer:** [Andrés Vicente Gómez](https://cinepixo.com/people/andres-vicente-gomez)
- **Director of Photography:** [Juan Amorós](https://cinepixo.com/people/juan-amoros)
- **Editor:** [Carmen Frías](https://cinepixo.com/people/carmen-frias)

## Cast

- [Rafaela Aparicio](https://cinepixo.com/people/rafaela-aparicio)
- [Manuel Alexandre](https://cinepixo.com/people/manuel-alexandre)
- [Jorge Sanz](https://cinepixo.com/people/jorge-sanz)
- [Carlos Lucas](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlos-lucas)
- [Verónica Forqué](https://cinepixo.com/people/veronica-forque)
- [Diana Peñalver](https://cinepixo.com/people/diana-penalver)
- [Santiago Ramos](https://cinepixo.com/people/santiago-ramos)
- [Maribel Verdú](https://cinepixo.com/people/maribel-verdu)
- [José Sazatornil](https://cinepixo.com/people/jose-sazatornil)
- [Violeta Cela](https://cinepixo.com/people/violeta-cela)
- [Chus Lampreave](https://cinepixo.com/people/chus-lampreave)
- [Pedro Reyes](https://cinepixo.com/people/pedro-reyes)

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