Riders of the Dawn (1990 film)
Riders of the Dawn (Spanish: Los Jinetes del Alba) is a 1990 Spanish film, written and directed by Vicente Aranda, an adaptation of a novel by Jesús Fernández Santos. It stars Victoria Abril and Jorge Sanz.
| Riders of the Dawn | |
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| Directed by | Vicente Aranda |
| Written by | Vicente Aranda Joaquin Jorda |
| Produced by | José Luis Tafur RTVE |
| Starring | Victoria Abril Jorge Sanz Maribel Verdú |
| Cinematography | Juan Amorós |
| Edited by | Teresa Font |
| Music by | José Nieto |
| Distributed by | RTVE |
Release date |
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Running time | 250 minutes (five episodes) |
| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
Made as five-episode television miniseries for Televisión Española, it premiered at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival as two-part feature film. The miniseries was broadcast on La Primera Cadena of Televisión Española in 1991.
Synopsis edit
The plot follows the life of Marian, a young woman whose greatest ambition is to be the owner of the spa resort, where she works. The action is set in Las Caldas, a small town in Asturias, where the lives of its inhabitants are forever changed by the arrival of the Asturian revolution of 1934 and the Spanish Civil War.
Cast edit
- Victoria Abril as Marian
- Jorge Sanz as Martín
- Maribel Verdú as Raquel
- Graciela Borges as Dona Amalia
- Fernando Guillén as Don Erasmo
- Gloria Muñoz as Adamina
- Antonio Iranzo as El Santero
- Joan Miralles as Ventura
- Nacho Martínez as Juan (Raquel's father)
- Claudia Gravy as Dona Elvira
- Carlos Tristancho as Quincelibras
- Lola Baldrich as Aida
- Conrado San Martín as the doctor
- Paco Catalá as the priest
External links edit
- Riders of the Dawn at IMDb