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Break of Day
- Year of completion
- 1976
- Content type
- Narrative Content
- Format
- Feature
- Genre
- Drama, Romance
- Duration
- 112 minutes
- Production Status
- Completed
Synopsis
Spring 1920: a small mining town in Victoria where Alice, an artist from Melbourne, has come to find a tranquil place to paint. There she encounters the handsome Tom, who is married and conventionally set in his ways as the proprietor of the local newspaper. So begins a bitter-sweet love affair.
Cast and Crew
Writer
Cliff GreenDirector
Ken HannamProducer
Patricia LovellCast
Sara Kestelman, Andrew McFarlane, John Bell, Ingrid Mason, Tony Barry, Eileen Chapman, Ben Gabriel, Dennis Olsen, Geraldine Turner, Maurie Fileds, Malcolm Phillops, Sean Myers, Kate FergusonAwards
1977 — Australian Film Institute – Best Cinematography (Russell Boyd)