''The Day'' is a 1960 short film co-written and directed by

Peter Finch Frederick George Peter Ingle Finch (28 September 191614 January 1977) was an English-Australian actor of theatre, film and radio. Born in London, he emigrated to Australia as a teenager and was raised in Sydney, where he worked in vaudeville ...

. It is a fictionalized documentary on a young boy's life on the Spanish island of

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. Music by Sir Eugene Goossens, for string quartet, percussion and flute.

Plot

A little Spanish boy (Antonion Costa) goes from his village with his donkey and cart to the city to bring the news of the birth of a child.

Production

Although Finch was best known as an actor, he had worked as a writer and director before, notably on stage. He also helped make the documentary '' Primitive Peoples'' (1949).

Reception

The film won awards at the 1961 Venice Festival of Children's Films, and Cork Festival in Ireland. Finch had hopes to direct a feature film, an adaptation of Derek Monsey's World War II novel ''The Hero'' but could not get the finance.Trader Faulkner, ''Peter Finch: A Biography'', Angus & Robertson London 1979 p 209

References

1960 short films 1960 films Films set in Ibiza British short films 1960s English-language films {{short-film-stub