Dawn Breaks, Which Is No Small Thing

Dawn Breaks, Which Is No Small Thing (Spanish: Amanece, que no es poco)^[1][2] is a 1989 Spanish surrealist comedy film written and directed by José Luis Cuerda. It has attained cult film status.^[3][4]

Dawn Breaks, Which Is No Small Thing
Theatrical release poster
Spanish	Amanece, que no es poco
Directed by	José Luis Cuerda
Written by	José Luis Cuerda
Starring	Antonio Resines José Sazatornil Cassen Chus Lampreave Rafael Alonso Pastora Vega Guillermo Montesinos Manuel Alexandre Luis Ciges Miguel Rellán María Isbert Aurora Bautista Ovidi Montllor Antonio Gamero Fedra Llorente Quique San Francisco Queta Claver Gabino Diego Violeta Cela Fernando Valverde
Cinematography	Porfirio Enríquez
Edited by	Juan I. Sanmateo
Music by	José Nieto
Distributed by	United International Pictures
Release dates	13 January 1989 (1989-01-13) (Albacete) 17 January 1989 (1989-01-17) (Spain)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

Plot

The plot tracks the absurd situations unravelling upon the arrival of an engineer and his father in a village in the mountains of the province of Albacete and the behaviour of the locals.^[5]

Cast

• José Sazatornil as cabo Gutiérrez
• Carmen de Lirio as Doña Rocío, su señora
• Ovidi Montllor as Pascual
• Carmen Rodríguez as su mujer
• Rafael Díaz as Fermín
• Amada Tercero as su mujer
• Cassen [es] as cura párroco
• Manuel Alexandre as Paquito as su padre
• María Ángeles Ariza as Merceditas as su prima
• Rafael Alonso as el alcalde
• Fedra Lorente as Susan, su amiga
• Cris Huerta as Tirso, el mesonero (billed as Chris Huertas)
• Elisa Belmonte as soprano
• María I. González as pianista
• Francisco Hernández as don Roberto, maestro escuela
• Jorge V. Ortiz as Rafaelito
• Samuel Claxton as Nge Ndomo
• Chus Lampreave as Álvarez, su madre
• Alberto Bové as Pedro, su tío
• Luis Ciges as Jimmy
• Antonio Resines as Teodoro
• Aurora Bautista as La Padington
• Arturo Bonín as Bruno
• María Isbert as Adelaida, la hija
• María Elena Flores as Aurora, la madre
• Paco Cambres as don Alonso, el médico
• Queta Claver as doña Remedios, su mujer
• Miguel Rellán as Carmelo, el borracho
• Rosalía Dans as Gabriela, su mujer
• Pastora Vega as Elena, la Labradora
• Fernando Valverde as intellectual
• Ferran Rañé as Mariano
• Antonio Passy as Garcinuño
• Alberto Delgado as Joven
• Francisco Martínez as Sixto, su hijo
• Quique San Francisco as Cascales^[6]
• Antonio Gamero as el feriante^[6]
• Gabino Diego as portavoz estadounidense^[6]

Production

Shooting locations in the province of Albacete included Aýna, Liétor, and Molinicos.^[7]

Release

The film received a pre-screening in Albacete on 13 January 1989.^[8] It was released theatrically in Spain on 17 January 1989.^[9]

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
1990	4th Goya Awards	Best Original Screenplay	José Luis Cuerda	Nominated	[10]
		Best Sound	Carlos Faruolo, Enrique Molinero	Nominated
		Best Special Effects	Reyes Abades	Nominated

See also

• List of Spanish films of 1989