The Awakening of Spring (2008)

3.1/10 90 min Drama

Overview

Based on the 1891 play "Spring Awakening," this filmed stage drama examines the tensions and confusion of young people as their growing sexual awareness conflicts with the repressive social environment around them. The passionate kiss between two males might be the first envisioned for the stage since Christopher Marlowe's between Edward II and Gaveston.

Cast

John Aniston

Mr. Gable

Yuval David

Arthur

Victoria Tennant

Mrs. Woodman

Nicholas Downs

Eugene

Carrie Wiita

Anne Woodman

Jesse Lee Soffer

Michael

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