1969: Dr Malcolm Sayer (Robin Williams) takes up a post at Bainbridge Hospital New York. Among his patients he discovers a group of forgotten survivors of the 1916 Sleeping Sickness epidemic - a virus that turned its victims into living statues. He is particularly drawn to one of these victims Leonard Lowe (Robert de Niro). With a new experimental drug Dr Sayer discovers a vital key to awakening in himself long dormant capacities for love and friendship. Inspirational and critically acclaimed Awakenings is based on a true and haunting story.
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