Riders of the Dawn
| Riders of the Dawn | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Directed by | Vicente Aranda |
| Produced by |
José Luis Tafur RTVE |
| Written by |
Vicente Aranda Joaquin Jorda |
| Starring |
Victoria Abril, Jorge Sanz, Maribel Verdú |
| Music by | José Nieto |
| Cinematography | Juan Amorós |
| Distributed by | RTVE |
Release dates |
 1990 |
Running time | 250 min (five episodes) |
| Language | Spanish |
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. Made as five-episode television miniseries, it premiered at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival as two-part feature film.
Synopsis
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
- Victoria Abril – Marian
- Jorge Sanz – Martin
- Maribel Verdú – Raquel
- Graciela Borges – Dona Amalia
- Fernando Guillén – Don Erasmo
- Gloria Muñoz – Adamina
- Antonio Iranzo – El Santero
- Joan Miralles – Ventura
- Nacho Martínez – Raquel’s father
- Clauda Gravy – Raquel’s mother
- Carlos Tristancho – Quincelibras
- Lola Baldrich – Aida
External links
| ||||||
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, February 03, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.