Cela s'appelle l'aurore

Cela s'appelle l'aurore (English: This is Called Dawn) is a 1956 Franco-Italian film, directed by Luis Buñuel. It was written by Buñuel and Jean Ferry, based on a novel by Emmanuel Roblès.

Cela s'appelle l'aurore
Theatrical poster
Directed byLuis Buñuel
Produced byEdmond Ténoudji
Claude Jaeger
Written byJean Ferry
Luis Buñuel
Based on a novel by Emmanuel Roblès
StarringGeorges Marchal
Lucia Bosé
Julien Bertheau
Giani Esposito
Music byJoseph Kosma
Distributed byLes Films Marceau
Laetitia Film
Release date
9 May 1956 (France)
Running time
102 min.
LanguageFrench

Synopsis

In a small town in the south of France, Dr. Valerio is committed to caring for the poor. His young wife, Angela, cannot stand the place and wants to move to Nice, but the doctor does not want to leave before finding a replacement. Valerio is sympathetic to the working poor of the area, particularly Sandro, a farm worker who maintains the trees belonging to Gorzone, a rich industrialist and the primary employer in the town. Angela becomes ill and wanders the town's slum quarters in a delirium, ultimately leaving the town for a holiday without her husband. The Commissioner of Police takes Valerio to a mountain village in order to sign medical reports for a little girl who had been raped by her grandfather. There, Valerio meets Clara, a rich young widow. He considers a menage a trois, but is rebuffed. Meanwhile, Sandro is dismissed by Gorzone, forcing Sandro and his tubercular wife, Magda, to leave their home, a move that results in Magda's death. Distracted by grief, Sandro shoots Gorzone. Valerio hides Sandro from the police, a decision that results in Angela leaving the doctor for good. Sandro leaves Valerio's protection and, when cornered by the authorities, shoots himself. Valerio refuses to shake hands with the Commissioner, and the last scene shows Valerio and Clara walking away at night, arm in arm on the quayside, followed by some of Sandro's cronies.

Political theme

Film critic Raymond Durgnat has called this film the first of Buñuel's "revolutionary triptych", along with La Mort en ce jardin and La fièvre monte à El Pao: "Each of these films is, openly, or by implication, a study in the morality and tactics of armed revolution against a right-wing dictatorship."[1]

Cast
Georges MarchalDoctor Valerio
Lucia BoséClara
Julien BertheauCommissioner Fasaro
Nelly BorgeaudAngela
Giani EspositoSandro Galli
Brigitte ElloyMagda
Jean-Jacques DelboGorzone
Simone ParisMrs. Gorzone
Gaston ModotSandro's replacement
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References
  1. Durgnat, Raymond (1967). Luis Buñuel. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. p. 100. ISBN 0-520-03423-6.
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