Drama ·Romance · Spain · 1973 · 1h 52m

A Brief Vacation

Una breve vacanza

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Director
Vittorio De Sica
Cast
Florinda Bolkan as Clara Mataro Renato Salvatori as Franco Mataro, the husband Daniel Quenaud as Luigi, Clara's lover José María Prada as Ciranni Teresa Gimpera as Gina Hugo Blanco as The brother in law
Crew
Ennio Guarnieri — Director of Photography Franco Arcalli — Editor Cesare Zavattini — Writer Rafael J. Salvia — Writer Rodolfo Sonego — Story Arthur Cohn — Producer
Tagline

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

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
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Key Collaborators
Vittorio De Sica Director Ennio Guarnieri Director of Photography Franco Arcalli Editor Cesare Zavattini Writer Rafael J. Salvia Writer Rodolfo Sonego Story Arthur Cohn Producer Marina Cicogna Producer Nadia Vitali Costume Design
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