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Movie poster: When the Day Breaks (1999)
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When the Day Breaks

1999 · 10 min Animation
6.7 / 10 · TMDB

A rooster has his last biscuit for breakfast and goes grocery shopping. A pig prepares her breakfast (potato peelings, with the potatoes thrown in the trash) and discovers she needs more milk. Their paths cross, a lemon falls into the sewer, and both lives are changed.

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📋 Film Details

Year 1999
Country Canada
Genre Animation
Director Wendy Tilby
Runtime 10 min.
Rating TMDB: 6.7/10 (48 votes)

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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

This is cinema with character. It doesn't try to please everyone at once — it has its own position, its own intonation.

The film is honest with its audience. Doesn't promise more than it delivers — and that itself has value.

For those who find pleasure in details, not just in plot turns.

Director: Wendy Tilby

— MovieFinder Editorial

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Viewing atmosphere: With someone close, when there's time and mood. Not as background — it asks for attention.

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