A Brief Vacation (1975)

  • PG
  • 02/09/1975 (US)
  • Drama, Romance
  • 1h 52m

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

Overview

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.

Vittorio De Sica

Director

Cesare Zavattini

Writer

Rodolfo Sonego

Story

Rafael J. Salvia

Writer

Cast

Florinda Bolkan's headshot

Florinda Bolkan

Clara Mataro
Renato Salvatori's headshot

Renato Salvatori

Franco Mataro, the husband
Daniel Quenaud's headshot

Daniel Quenaud

Luigi, Clara's lover
José María Prada's headshot

José María Prada

Ciranni
Teresa Gimpera's headshot

Teresa Gimpera

Gina
Hugo Blanco's headshot

Hugo Blanco

The brother in law
Julia Peña's headshot

Julia Peña

Edvige
Miranda Campa's headshot

Miranda Campa

Nurse Guidotti

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