Awakenings

By Penny Marshall

Synopsis

A young researcher is in charge of a group of the last sur­vivors of an encephali­tis epi­dem­ic, chron­i­cal­ly ill peo­ple with pro­found men­tal dis­or­ders. He will grad­u­al­ly bring them back to life thanks to a new rem­e­dy and takes a spe­cial inter­est in one of them, Leonard Lowe.

By : Penny Marshall
Duration : 2h01
With : Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, Julie Kavner, Ruth Nelson, John Heard, Penelope Ann Miller
Nationality : USA

Pro­duc­tion : Lawrence Lasker & Wal­ter F. Parkes
Script : Steven Zaillian
Cast : Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, Julie Kavn­er, Ruth Nel­son, John Heard, Pene­lope Ann Miller

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AWAKENINGS, Julie Kavner, Robin Williams, 1990
AWAKENINGS, Julie Kavner, Robin Williams, 1990

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