Almeida On Screen: Spring Awakening
2023 Β· 136m Β· Music Β· Drama
A group of late 19th century German teenagers β silenced and controlled by a censorious society β discover a new world of feeling and freedom outside the classroom, with beautiful and devastating consequences.
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