Aurora de esperanza

1937 Spanish film

August 30, 1937 (1937-08-30) (Spain)

Running time

60 minutesCountrySpainLanguageSpanish

Aurora de esperanza (Dawn of Hope) is a 1937 black-and-white film directed by Antonio Sau and produced by SIE Films.^[1]

Plot

A drama about the economic situation of the working-class and the start of the social revolution, Aurora de Esperanza opens with Juan, who has just returned from a vacation with his family to find himself unemployed. Searching futilely for work, Juan grows increasingly frustrated. His wife, Marta, agrees to a humiliating job to feed their children, and when Juan finds out he sends them all to the village while he wanders the city. Outraged by the working class's conformism, Juan makes a speech to the workers, while organizing a "hunger march" with the unemployed. They march to the city to protest to the authorities, and the social revolution passes through the village where his family is. Juan takes up arms with them as the revolution marches to the front lines, hoping for a better dawn.

Cast

Félix de Pomés as Juan
Enriqueta Soler as Marta
Pilar Torres as La tanguista
Ana María Campoy as Pilarín
Román González "Chispita" as Antoñito

References

^ "Listado de películas conservadas en filmotecas y sus fichas técnicas" (in Spanish). Sindicato de Artes Gráficas, Comunicación y Espectáculos de Madrid - CNT/AIT. Archived from the original on 2014-05-27. Retrieved 2014-12-25.