Awakenings

Runtime: 121 min
Released: 11 Jan 1991
Genre: Biography , Drama
IMDB: 7.8
Starring: Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, Julie Kavner
Writer: Oliver Sacks, Steven Zaillian
Director: Penny Marshall
Available countries: United States

The victims of an encephalitis epidemic many years ago have been catatonic ever since, but now a new drug offers the prospect of reviving them.