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 (1990) (Spain)
Running time	250 minutes (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 as Marian
Jorge Sanz as Martin
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 Raquel’s father
Clauda Gravy as Raquel’s mother
Carlos Tristancho as Quincelibras
Lola Baldrich as Aida

External links

The films of Vicente Aranda

Brillante Porvenir (1964)
Fata Morgana (1965)
The Exquisite Cadaver (1969)
The Blood Spattered Bride (1972)
Clara is the Price (1974)
Change of Sex (1976)
Girl with the Golden Panties (1980)
Murder in the Central Committee (1982)
Fanny Straw Hair (1984)
Captain Sánchez’s Crime (1984)
Time of Silence (1986)
El Lute: Run for Your Life (1987)
El Lute II: Tomorrow I'll be Free (1988)
If They Tell You I Fell (1989)
Riders of the Dawn (1990)
Lovers (1991)
The Bilingual Lover (1993)
Intruder (1993)
The Turkish Passion (1994)
Libertarias (1996)
The Naked Eye (1998)
Jealousy (1999)
Mad Love (2001)
Carmen (2003)
The Maidens' Conspiracy (2006)
Lolita's Club (2007)
Luna Caliente (2009)

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