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Riders of the Dawn (1990 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Riders of the Dawn' is a 1990 Spanish film, written and directed by Vicente Aranda, an adaptation of a novel by Jess Fernndez Santos. It stars Victoria Abril and Jorge Sanz.
Made as five-episode television miniseries for Televisin Espaola, it premiered at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival as two-part feature film. The miniseries was broadcast on La Primera Cadena of Televisin Espaola in 1991.
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 Martn
* Maribel Verd as Raquel
* Graciela Borges as Dona Amalia
* Fernando Guilln as Don Erasmo
* Gloria Muoz as Adamina
* Antonio Iranzo as El Santero
* Joan Miralles as Ventura
* Nacho Martnez as Juan (Raquel's father)
* Claudia Gravy as Dona Elvira
* Carlos Tristancho as Quincelibras
* Lola Baldrich as Aida
*Conrado San Martn as the doctor
*Paco Catal as the priest
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