Dawn Breaks, Which Is No Small Thing
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''Dawn Breaks, Which Is No Small Thing'' () is a 1989 Spanish surrealist comedy film written and directed by
José Luis Cuerda José Luis Cuerda Martínez (18 February 19474 February 2020) was a Spanish filmmaker. He is nationally recognised and considered to be amongst the greatest and most influential Spanish directors of all time, having made such critically successfu ...
. It has attained
cult film A cult film, also commonly referred to as a cult classic, is a film that has acquired a cult following. Cult films are known for their dedicated, passionate fanbase, which forms an elaborate subculture, members of which engage in repeated ...
status. The film is a critique of Spain under General Franco's dictatorship (1939-1976), as well as critique of contemporary Spain where everything changed in order for nothing to change.


Plot

The plot tracks the absurd situations unravelling upon the arrival of an engineer and his father in a village in the mountains of the province of Albacete and the behaviour of the locals.


Cast


Production

Shooting locations in the
province of Albacete Albacete () is a province of central Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha. As of 2012, Albacete had a population of 402,837 people. Its capital city, also called Albacete, is by road southeast of Madri ...
included Aýna, Liétor, and
Molinicos Molinicos is a municipality in Albacete, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. Molinicos is 91 km from the capital of the province. In 2005, it had 1,232 inhabitants, according to the INE, who are distributed through the city center and its sixteen nei ...
.


Release

The film received a pre-screening in
Albacete Albacete ( , , ) is a city and municipality in the Spanish autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha, and capital of the province of Albacete. Lying in the south-east of the Iberian Peninsula, the area around the city is known as Los Llan ...
on 13 January 1989. It was released theatrically in Spain on 17 January 1989.


Accolades

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Best Original Screenplay The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is the Academy Award (also known as an Oscar) for the best screenplay not based upon previously published material. It was created in 1940 as a separate writing award from the Academy Award for Best ...
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Best Sound The following is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various films, festivals, and people's awards. Best Actor/Best Actress *See Best Actor#Film awards, Bes ...
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See also

*
List of Spanish films of 1989 A list of Spanish-produced and co-produced feature films released in Spain in 1995. Films See also * 4th Goya Awards References External links Spanish films of 1989at the Internet Movie Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Spanish Films Of 19 ...


References


Bibliography

*
José Luis Cuerda José Luis Cuerda Martínez (18 February 19474 February 2020) was a Spanish filmmaker. He is nationally recognised and considered to be amongst the greatest and most influential Spanish directors of all time, having made such critically successfu ...
, ''Amanece, que no es poco'', Pepitas de calabaza, 2013.


External links

* Spanish comedy films 1989 films Spanish-language comedy films 1980s Spanish-language films 1989 comedy films 1980s Spanish films Films directed by José Luis Cuerda Films shot in Castilla–La Mancha Films set in Castilla–La Mancha Surreal comedy films Films scored by José Nieto {{1980s-Spain-film-stub