Results for "Awakenings" in United States

What would you do to protect the people who have given your life purpose again? After suffering a stroke, petty racist, semi-demented, and grumpy pensioner, Theodor Moody, wakes up with telekinetic abilities. During Theodor’s hospital stay, an unlikely friendship develops between him and the...

El Despertar narra el progresivo acercamiento a la libertad de Edna Pontellier; mujer casada con un rico comerciante de Nueva Orleans y madre de dos hijos. Durante unas vacaciones en Grand Isle, en la costa sur de Luisiana, Edna empieza a conocerse como mujer y su vida, tal y como la ha concebido hasta ese momento, comienza a carecer de sentido. Edna entra en crisis al poner en duda el papel del matrimonio y la maternidad, manifiesta abiertamente su deseo sexual y decide romper con toda la seguridad que le otorga su privilegiado estatus social.

Wilt believes both romantic and devotional love are vehicles for awakening. In the first section of Innocence & Awakening entitled "Dante and His Beatrice," Wilt tells the story through a magical real lens. The second section, Sonnets, explores late 20th century American life.