# L'éveil (1990)

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**Original title**: *Awakenings*
**Runtime**: 120 min
**Genres**: Drama
**Directed by**: Penny Marshall
**Written by**: Steven Zaillian
**Starring**: Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, John Heard, Julie Kavner, Penelope Ann Miller, Ruth Nelson

> *There is no such thing as a simple miracle.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Bronx hospital, summer, wheelchair wheels creaking. 
A doctor and patient, locked minds, experimental medicine. 
Marshall finds warmth in a sterile environment.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, tender

**Critic & audience scores**: IMDb 7.8/10 (171002 users) · Rotten Tomatoes 81% · Metacritic 74/100

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