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Una breve vacanza

  • 1973
  • PG
  • 1h 52m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
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Florinda Bolkan and Daniel Quenaud in Una breve vacanza (1973)
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Clara, diagnosed with tuberculosis, is treated in a sanatorium in the Alps where she can finally take a break from her miserable life.Clara, diagnosed with tuberculosis, is treated in a sanatorium in the Alps where she can finally take a break from her miserable life.Clara, diagnosed with tuberculosis, is treated in a sanatorium in the Alps where she can finally take a break from her miserable life.

  • Director
    • Vittorio De Sica
  • Writers
    • Rafael J. Salvia
    • Rodolfo Sonego
    • Cesare Zavattini
  • Stars
    • Florinda Bolkan
    • Renato Salvatori
    • Daniel Quenaud
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.5/10
    1K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Vittorio De Sica
    • Writers
      • Rafael J. Salvia
      • Rodolfo Sonego
      • Cesare Zavattini
    • Stars
      • Florinda Bolkan
      • Renato Salvatori
      • Daniel Quenaud
    • 12User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 5 wins & 1 nomination total

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    Florinda Bolkan
    Florinda Bolkan
    • Clara Mataro
    Renato Salvatori
    Renato Salvatori
    • The Husband
    Daniel Quenaud
    • Luigi
    José María Prada
    José María Prada
    • Ciranni
    • (as Josè Maria Prada)
    Teresa Gimpera
    Teresa Gimpera
    • Gina
    Hugo Blanco
    Hugo Blanco
    • The Brother-in-Law
    Julia Peña
    • Edvige
    • (as Julia Pena)
    Miranda Campa
    • Nurse Guidotti
    Angela Cardile
    • The Redhead
    Anna Carena
    Anna Carena
    • The Mother-in-Law
    Monica Guerritore
    Monica Guerritore
    • Maria
    Maria Mizar
    • Nurse Garin
    Alessandro Romanazzi
    • The Son
    Adriana Asti
    Adriana Asti
    • Scanziani
    Enrico Baroni
    Edda Conti
    Lia Giovannella
    Franca Mazzoni
    • Director
      • Vittorio De Sica
    • Writers
      • Rafael J. Salvia
      • Rodolfo Sonego
      • Cesare Zavattini
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    8CC_qingreen

    Be like a train; concentrate on your road and go with no hesitation!

    Be like a train; go in the rain, go in the sun, go in the storm, go in the dark tunnels! Be like a train; concentrate on your road and go with no hesitation!" Mehmet Murat ildan

    Trains are featured prominently in this film. Without them, our heroine, Florinda Bolkan wouldn't be able to go to work, or even mountain retreat. Like trains, she would go on with her life journey - with no regrets and hesitations, in spite of tears.
    9hollywoodshack

    Compelling, thoughtful entertainment

    Florinda Balkan stars as a factory worker battered by her crippled husband who discovers she has lung disease and is send on medical leave to a TB resort in the mountains for treatment. Here she is romanced by a handsome patient from a nearby facility and develops close friendships with her roommates, sharing their triumphs and disappointments while they battle with fates of mortality. The great irony results in that she is cured, but ruined by the fact she must return to her factory work and poor, abusive family. Fans of Bette Davis (Jezebel) and Joan Crawford (Mildred Pierce) will enjoy her portrayal of a strong tragic heroine. I must admit scenes with her abusive husband and fellow TB patients are quite hard-hitting, but worth enduring to see the powerful finale.
    10Sees All

    One of De Sica's best- and that's saying a lot

    This is not an adaptation of THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN. The only thing the two works have in common is that they both take place in a sanitarium. It's the story of a woman who has a horrible life of hard work and no appreciation. She takes ill and is sent by the government to a sanitarium where she thrives. Getting sick is the most wonderful thing that has ever happened to her. I found this film extremely moving. Florinda Bolkan gives a great performance of subtle realism. A BRIEF VACATION is a brilliant film, right up there with De Sica's best, and it came late in his career. He directed only one more film afterward. I saw this film a couple of times in the 70s. I still think about scenes from it.
    10jwelch666

    One woman's monumental toil for love, duty and survival

    Finally available on DVD. I had been wanting to share this movie with friends for more than 30 years. It has always been on my top 10 list of best movies ever seen.What I remember most are the subtle scenes which communicate so much, the woman wrapping her meat patty from her factory provided lunch in a napkin and slipping it into her purse in order to be able to give it to her son later on. Or after finally going to see a doctor, first making a last-minute detour into a department store to buy new underwear, too embarrassed that the doctor would see her in what she had on. Or at the very end, when the train passes by the billboard with the Mao graffiti on it (the most subtle of political comment). This is a splendid and brilliant movie, exposing the complexity of social circumstance without ever taking the easy way out, or suggesting there is ever an easy answer, in this case just a brief vacation.
    10mdibner

    Sad and beautiful.

    This is an amazingly beautiful film. The story of a woman of little means and a horrendous family life who learns much about the world in a sanatorium in the Italian alps. It gives her a brief vacation from a hard life. And understanding. And hope. Truly wonderful. Florinda Bolkan is a great actress ... emoting without emotion. This movie has many levels of plot and story rolled into a single, seemingly simple story. There are many levels of relationships in the movie. Of particular interest is the set of relationships formed between patients from the upper class, the 'paying' patients and those who are in the sanatorium paid for by the national health. The juxtapositions between have and have not, happy and sad, sick and healthy, doctor and patient, hardworking and lazy and many others form the basis of what we see as Clara's learning process and set of life dilemmas.

    Hard to find but worth it. Belongs on the top 250 list....but not enough people have seen it to vote.

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    • Trivia
      According to producer Arthur Cohn, Elizabeth Taylor, Sophia Loren, and Jane Fonda all wanted to play the role of Clara Mataro, which ultimately went to Florinda Bolkan.
    • Connections
      Referenced in Carrie au bal du diable (1976)
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      Music by Manuel De Sica

      Lyrics by Gene Lees

      Sung by Christian De Sica

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    • Release date
      • June 2, 1975 (Spain)
    • Countries of origin
      • Italy
      • Spain
    • Language
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • A Brief Vacation
    • Filming locations
      • Milan, Lombardia, Italy
    • Production companies
      • Verona Produzione
      • Azor Films
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $660,569
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 52 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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