When the Day Breaks
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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Amanda Forbis Director · Wendy Tilby Director
First release February 21, 1999 · Produced in Canada · Production National Film Board of Canada
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ONF | NFB
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National Film Board of Canada
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Canada
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
Canada · February 21, 1999
Limited theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Italy
February 21, 1999 · Theatrical
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