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Awakenings

Movie · 1990 · 116 min

A quiet, tender heartbreak that lingers, watching fragile hope bloom and fade while ordinary people learn to truly see each other.

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1990 film by Penny Marshall
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Year
1990
Runtime
116 min
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • healing
  • isolation
  • identity
  • freedom
  • friendship
Places
  • hospital
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour3
Realism9
Romance4
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight9

Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Penny Marshall, Alain Cuniot
Written by
Oliver Sacks, Steven Zaillian, Alain Cuniot
Starring
Robin Williams, Robert De Niro, Vin Diesel, Max von Sydow, Julie Kavner, Dexter Gordon, Peter Stormare, Penelope Ann Miller
Music
Randy Newman
Cinematography
Miroslav Ondříček
Runtime
116 min
Country
United States
Languages
English

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