The Day (1960 film)

The Day is a 1960 short film co-written and directed by Peter Finch. It is a fictionalized documentary on a young boy's life on the Spanish island of Ibiza. Music by Sir Eugene Goossens, for string quartet, percussion and flute.

The Day
Directed byPeter Finch
Written byPeter Finch
Yolande Turner
StarringAntonion Costa
CinematographyJohn Von Kotze
Release date
1960
Running time
26 mins
LanguageEnglish
Budget£5,000[1]

Plot

A little Spanish boy (Antonion Costa) goes from his village with his donkey and cart to the city to bring the news of the birth of a child.

Production

Although Finch was best known as an actor, he had worked as a writer and director before, notably on stage. He also helped make the documentary Primitive Peoples (1949).

Reception

The film won awards at the 1961 Venice Festival of Children's Films, and Cork Festival in Ireland.[2] Finch had hopes to direct a feature film, an adaptation of Derek Monsey's World War II novel The Hero but could not get the finance.[3]

References
  1. STEPHEN WATTS (23 April 1961). "BRITAIN'S SCREEN SCENE: Encouraging Survey, Rank's Dossier -- Footnotes on Three Luminaries". New York Times. p. 129.
  2. Britain, I. M., 'Finch, Frederick George Peter Ingle (1916–1977)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University accessed 13 February 2012
  3. Trader Faulkner, Peter Finch: A Biography, Angus & Robertson London 1979 p 209


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