When Day Breaks
Directed by Yandy Liu
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She dies in the crossfire, but in the quiet that follows, what does it mean for the one survived?
2min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
When Day Breaks is a silent, visually driven meditation on loss, memory, and the fragile thread between the living and the dead. Set against the chaos of armed conflict, a daughter killed as a civilian lingers between life and memory as she observes her mother grief from beyond. Her final presence becomes an unspoken act of comfort, reaching across the divide. What does it mean for the living to hold on? And what does it take to keep living?
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Genres
Drama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | When Day Breaks |
| Original language | EN |
| Production countries | United States of America |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | American Film Institute Conservatory |
| Production | Annine Fan Zhang, Bonnie von Dyke |
| Editing | Joey Cao |
| Cinematography | Yandy Liu |
| Assistant directors | Yandy Liu |
| Camera operators | Yandy Liu |
| Additional photography | Yandy Liu |
| Production design | Elijah Qu |
| Art direction | Elijah Qu |
| Set decoration | Elijah Qu |
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| Budget | 7000 € |
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