A Brief Vacation
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4/4 Roger Ebert Genre Drama, Romance Duration Language Italian | 7.6/10 IMDb Director Vittorio De Sica Music director Manuel De Sica Country Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 9 February 1975 (1975-02-09) (USA) Writer Rodolfo Sonego (story), Cesare Zavattini Screenplay Cesare Zavattini, Rafael J. Salvia Cast Florinda Bolkan (Clara Mataro), Renato Salvatori (Franco Mataro, the husband), Daniel Quenaud (Luigi, Clara's lover)Similar movies Related Vittorio De Sica movies |
Finally a brief vacation
A Brief Vacation (Italian: Una breve vacanza) is a 1973 Italian melodrama directed by Vittorio de Sica. The script, written by Cesare Zavattini, was inspired by an Apollinaire adage ("Sickness is the vacation of the poor").
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The film concerns a female factory worker from Calabria who falls ill on the job and is prescribed a stay at a mountain retreat. She goes despite her husband's wishes, leaving behind her thankless work shift and her frustrating in-laws, but also her three children. The film addresses issues such as the health care system, labor conditions, spousal satisfaction, and class struggle.
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