When Day Breaks
· 2 min · Not rated
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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- Directors
- Yandy Liu
- Production companies
- American Film Institute Conservatory
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 7,000
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Lana SpringDaughter
Donna Jay FulksMotherTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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