The Year of Awakening
1991, French. Directed by Gérard Corbiau.
A sensitive, 14 year old orphan in a military school learns about life and love from his classmates and teachers.
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- French
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Cast & crew
- Gérard CorbiauDirector
- Chiara CaselliLéna
- Grégoire ColinFrançois
- Laurent GrévillJulien, le chéf
- Martin LamotteLe 4ème de Section
- Roger PlanchonLe Capitaine
- Claude Dunetonle professeur de français
- Christian Barbierle colonel
- Vincent Grassle professeur d'allemand
- François VincentelliLe Chef des Anciens
- Jean-Michel FlagothierLe Sous-officier dortoir
- Mathieu BussonFélix
- Maxime MansionSpirou
Details
- Released
- 16 April 1991
- Original title
- L'Année de l'éveil
- Written by
- Andrée Corbiau, Gérard Corbiau, Michel Fessler
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The Year of Awakening runs 102 minutes (1h 42m).
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The Year of Awakening isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 16 April 1991. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Year of Awakening?
The Year of Awakening (1991) was directed by Gérard Corbiau and stars Chiara Caselli, Grégoire Colin, Laurent Grévill.