A Brief Vacation

A Brief Vacation (1973)

Una breve vacanza

For everyone who has had a private moment of love. Or wishes for one.

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.

Date of release
1973-07-21
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (21)
Runtime
1h 52m
Genres
Drama, Romance
Director
Vittorio De Sica

Casting

Interesting facts

A Brief Vacation is a 1973 melodrama film directed by Vittorio De Sica. The screenplay was written by Cesare Zavattini, was inspired by an Apollinaire adage. The film addresses issues such as the health care system, labor conditions, spousal satisfaction, and class struggle.

Production

Principal cinematography started in Milan on November 1972.

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