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1973 film by Vittorio De Sica

Una breve vacanza
Italian theatrical release poster

Italian	Una breve vacanza

Directed by	Vittorio De Sica
Written by	Cesare Zavattini
Produced by	Arthur Cohn
Starring	Florinda Bolkan Renato Salvatori Daniel Quenaud José María Prada Adriana Asti
Cinematography	Ennio Guarnieri
Edited by	Franco Arcalli
Music by	Manuel De Sica
Production companies	Verona Produzione Azor Films
Distributed by	Cinema International Corporation
Release dates	21 July 1973 (1973-07-21) (Taormina) 7 September 1973 (1973-09-07) (Italy) 2 June 1975 (1975-06-02) (Spain)
Running time	106 minutes
Countries	Italy Spain
Language	Italian

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").

Synopsis

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.

Cast

Florinda Bolkan as Clara Mataro
Renato Salvatori as Franco Mataro, the husband
Daniel Quenaud as Luigi, Clara's lover
José María Prada as Dr. Ciranni
Teresa Gimpera as Gina
Hugo Blanco as brother-in-law
Julia Peña as Edvige
Miranda Campa as Nurse Guidotti
Angela Cardile as the redhead
Anna Carena as mother-in-law
Monica Guerritore as Maria
Maria Mizar as Nurse Garin
Alessandro Romanazzi as son
Adriana Asti as Scanziani
Christian De Sica as Mariani

Critical reception

The film was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film by the U.S. National Board of Review.

Florinda Bolkan won the inaugural Best Actress prize from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association for her performance.

References

"1975 Award Winners". National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
"Awards for 1975 - LAFCA".

External links

A Brief Vacation at IMDb
A Brief Vacation at AllMovie

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Bibliography Filmography
Red Roses (1940) Maddalena, Zero for Conduct (1940) Teresa Venerdì (1941) A Garibaldian in the Convent (1942) The Children Are Watching Us (1944) The Gates of Heaven (1945) Shoeshine (1946) Heart and Soul (1948) Bicycle Thieves (1948) Miracle in Milan (1951) Umberto D. (1952) Terminal Station (1953) The Gold of Naples (1954) The Roof (1956) Anna of Brooklyn (1958) Two Women (1960) The Last Judgment (1961) Boccaccio '70 (1962) The Condemned of Altona (1962) Il Boom (1963) Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963) Marriage Italian Style (1964) Un monde nouveau (1966) After the Fox (1966) Woman Times Seven (1967) The Witches (1967) A Place for Lovers (1968) Sunflower (1970) The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970) The Couples (1970) Lo chiameremo Andrea (1972) A Brief Vacation (1973) The Voyage (1974)

Films directed by Vittorio De Sica

Red Roses (1940)
Maddalena, Zero for Conduct (1940)
Teresa Venerdì (1941)
A Garibaldian in the Convent (1942)
The Children Are Watching Us (1944)
The Gates of Heaven (1945)
Shoeshine (1946)
Heart and Soul (1948)
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Miracle in Milan (1951)
Umberto D. (1952)
Terminal Station (1953)
The Gold of Naples (1954)
The Roof (1956)
Anna of Brooklyn (1958)
Two Women (1960)
The Last Judgment (1961)
Boccaccio '70 (1962)
The Condemned of Altona (1962)
Il Boom (1963)
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963)
Marriage Italian Style (1964)
Un monde nouveau (1966)
After the Fox (1966)
Woman Times Seven (1967)
The Witches (1967)
A Place for Lovers (1968)
Sunflower (1970)
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970)
The Couples (1970)
Lo chiameremo Andrea (1972)
A Brief Vacation (1973)
The Voyage (1974)

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