A Brief Vacation (1973)
1h 52m
Running Time
July 21, 1973Release Date
A Brief Vacation (1973)
1h 52m
Running Time
July 21, 1973Release Date
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Plot.
Forced to support herself, her children, her physically incapacitated husband and her obtrusive brother and mother, a downtrodden working woman contracts tuberculosis. She is granted a brief vacation at a health spa, where a whole new world — and potential new life — is opened up to her.
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Cast & Crew.
Florinda Bolkan
Clara Mataro
Renato Salvatori
The Husband
Daniel Quenaud
Luigi
José María Prada
Ciranni
Teresa Gimpera
Gina
Vittorio De Sica
Director
Hugo Blanco
The brother in law
Rafael J. Salvia
Writer
Julia Peña
Edvige
Rodolfo Sonego
Writer
Miranda Campa
Nurse Guidotti
Cesare Zavattini
Writer
Angela Cardile
The redhead
Anna Carena
The mother in law
Marina Cicogna
Producer
Arthur Cohn
Producer
Monica Guerritore
Maria
Maria Mizar
Nurse Garin
Alessandro Romanazzi
The son
Adriana Asti
Scanziani
Christian De Sica
Mariani, Il Giovane In Treno (uncredited)
Bruno Cesari
Set Dresser
Franco Arcalli
Editor
Ennio Guarnieri
Director of Photography
Adolfo Cofiño
Art Direction
Maria Teresa Corridoni
Hairstylist
Manuel De Sica
Music
Luigi Scaccianoce
Art Direction
Alessandro Jacoponi
Makeup Artist
Alvaro Orsini
Sound
Michele Marsala
Production Supervisor
Luisa Alessandri
Assistant Director
Serena Canevari
Script Supervisor
Nadia Vitali
Costume Design
Fausto Ancillai
Sound Mixer
Serafín García Trueba
Production Manager
Giulio Battiferri
Camera Operator
Giulio Mastrantonio
Makeup Artist
Roberto Arcangeli
Sound Effects Editor
Giuseppe Fornari
Assistant Camera
Edoardo Romani
Post-Production Manager
Claudio Vinale
Production Manager
A. D'Angelo
Set Decoration
Fausto Pierannunzi
Production Manager
Alberto Moretti
Boom Operator
Marisa Letti
Assistant Editor
Lia Giovannella
Franca Mazzoni
Giampaolo Rossi
Enrico Baroni
Vincenzo Rocciola
Francesco Rocciola
Gaetano Amoroso
Mario Garriba
Luigi Antonio Guerra
Edda Conti
Media.
Details.
Release DateJuly 21, 1973
Original NameUna breve vacanza
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 52m
Content RatingPG
Genres
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Wiki.
A Brief Vacation (Italian: Una breve vacanza) is a 1973 melodrama film directed by Vittorio De Sica. The screenplay, written by Cesare Zavattini, was inspired by an Apollinaire adage ("Sickness is the vacation of the poor").