When the Day Breaks poster

When the Day Breaks

6.7(50)199910m1

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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  • woman director

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  • CanadaCA

    • Theatrical (limited)G21 Feb 1999
  • ItalyIT

    • Theatrical21 Feb 1999

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When the Day Breaks was released on 21 February 1999.

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    CinemaSerf

    4/1/2024

    7/10

    This has something of a very early, silent film look to it as a neatly dressed singing pig discovers that the milk in her fridge could walk to the bin by itself, so she dons her coat and heads out to replenish her supply. Walking into the shop, she slams straight into a rooster carrying his own shopping. Despite his lemons hitting the pavement, he keeps on walking - and that's his mistake! The story itself isn't so h…

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