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Feature film — 1973

A Brief Vacation (1973)

6.01h 52mDrama — Romance

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.

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A high-signal pick with 21 votes.

Verona Produzione / Azor Films

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Director: Vittorio De Sica

On screen

Cast & crew

Florinda Bolkan as Clara Mataro

Florinda Bolkan

Clara Mataro

Renato Salvatori as Franco Mataro, the husband

Renato Salvatori

Franco Mataro, the husband

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Daniel Quenaud

Luigi, Clara's lover

José María Prada as Ciranni

José María Prada

Ciranni

Teresa Gimpera as Gina

Teresa Gimpera

Gina

Hugo Blanco as The brother in law

Hugo Blanco

The brother in law

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Julia Peña

Edvige

Miranda Campa as Nurse Guidotti

Miranda Campa

Nurse Guidotti

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Angela Cardile

The redhead

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Anna Carena

The mother in law

Monica Guerritore as Maria

Monica Guerritore

Maria

Maria Mizar as Nurse Garin

Maria Mizar

Nurse Garin

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