A Brief Vacation (1973)
1h 52m
Running Time
July 21, 1973Release Date
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
Franco Mataro, the husband
Daniel Quenaud
Luigi, Clara's lover
José María Prada
Ciranni
Teresa Gimpera
Gina
Hugo Blanco
The brother in law
Julia Peña
Edvige
Miranda Campa
Nurse Guidotti
Angela Cardile
The redhead
Anna Carena
The mother in law
Monica Guerritore
Maria
Maria Mizar
Nurse Garin
Alessandro Romanazzi
The son
Adriana Asti
Scanziani
Christian De Sica
Mariani, Il Giovane In Treno (uncredited)
Cesare Zavattini
Writer
Vittorio De Sica
Director
Marisa Letti
Assistant Editor
Rodolfo Sonego
Story
Arthur Cohn
Producer
Maria Teresa Corridoni
Hairstylist
Serena Canevari
Script Supervisor
Nadia Vitali
Costume Design
Alessandro Jacoponi
Makeup Artist
Adolfo Cofiño
Art Direction
Rafael J. Salvia
Writer
Manuel De Sica
Music
Serafín García Trueba
Production Manager
Franco Arcalli
Editor
Claudio Vinale
Production Manager
Luisa Alessandri
Assistant Director
Marina Cicogna
Producer
Ennio Guarnieri
Director of Photography
Alvaro Orsini
Sound
Bruno Cesari
Set Dresser
Luigi Scaccianoce
Art Direction
Roberto Arcangeli
Sound Effects Editor
Giulio Battiferri
Camera Operator
Giulio Mastrantonio
Makeup Artist
Fausto Ancillai
Sound Mixer
Alberto Moretti
Boom Operator
Michele Marsala
Production Supervisor
A. D'Angelo
Set Decoration
Fausto Pierannunzi
Production Manager
Giuseppe Fornari
Assistant Camera
Edoardo Romani
Post-Production Manager
Enrico Baroni
Vincenzo Rocciola
Giampaolo Rossi
Franca Mazzoni
Lia Giovannella
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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This Movie Is About.
italy
mountain
tuberculosis
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").
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