''The Mark of the Day'' (French: ''Le Point du jour'', usually translated as 'Daybreak') is a 1949 French film directed by

Louis Daquin Louis Daquin (20 May 1908 – 2 October 1980) was a French film director, screenwriter and actor. He directed 14 films between 1938 and 1963. He also appeared in 11 films between 1937 and 1979. Selected filmography * '' The Man from Nowher ...

. It stars

Yvette Etiévant Yvette Etiévant (1922–2003) was a French actress. She starred in Yves Robert's '' War of the Buttons'' (''La Guerre des boutons'') in 1962. Filmography *1945: '' Les Dames du bois de Boulogne'' (directed by Robert Bresson) - La bonne *19 ...

and is set in a coal-mining community in the north of France.

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* 1949 films 1940s French-language films Films directed by Louis Daquin French black-and-white films French drama films 1949 drama films Films set in mining communities 1940s French films {{1940s-France-film-stub