Daybreak or The Mark of the Day (French: Le Point du jour) is a 1949 French drama film directed by Louis Daquin and starring Jean Desailly, René Lefèvre and Loleh Bellon.Lloyd & Robinson p.222Hayward & Vincendeau p.126 It is set in a coal-mining community in the north of France. The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul Bertrand. It was entered into that year's Karlovy Vary Film Festival.
Cast Jean Desailly as Larzac René Lefèvre as Dubard Loleh Bellon as Marie Brehard Jean-Pierre Grenier as Marles Michel Piccoli as Georges Gohelle Marie-Hélène Dasté as Mme. Brhard Suzanne Demars as La mère Gohelle Guy Favières as Un vieux mineur Paul Frankeur as Bac Hélène Gerber as Emma Marles Lise Graf as La mère Marles Serge Grave as Corentin Léon Larive as Vetusto Pierre Latour as Noël Gaston Modot as Tiberghien Catherine Monot as Louise Guy Sargis as Roger Julien Verdier as Un mineur
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Bibliography Lloyd, Ann & Robinson, David. The Illustrated History of the Cinema. Macmillan, 1987. Hayward, Susan & Vincendeau, Ginette . French Film: Texts and Contexts. Psychology Press, 2000.
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