The Year of Awakening
L'année de l'éveil
Belgium, France
1991
102 Min
Color
French
Story set in 1948 in Aix-en-Provence about a 14-year-old orphan at a strict military school. Only one person takes any interest in him, a teacher who introduces him to his young wife. A relationship develops between the woman and the young boy. —BFI
Gérard Corbiau (born 19 September 1941) is a Belgian film director. Corbiau was born in Brussels, Belgium. He is best known for his costume dramas about music, Le maître de musique (1987), Farinelli (1994) and Le roi danse (2000). Two of them (Le maître de musique and Farinelli) were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He currently lives in Belgium and is working on several projects. —Wikipedia