A Brief Vacation (1973)
For everyone who has had a private moment of love. Or wishes for one.
1973 · PG · 1h 52m · Drama, Romance
Genres: Drama, 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.
Director: Vittorio De Sica
Writers: Cesare Zavattini, Rodolfo Sonego, Rafael J. Salvia
Music by: Manuel De Sica
Cinematography: Ennio Guarnieri
Editor: Franco Arcalli
Cast
Florinda Bolkan as Clara MataroRenato Salvatori as Franco Mataro, the husbandDaniel Quenaud as Luigi, Clara's loverJosé María Prada as CiranniTeresa Gimpera as GinaHugo Blanco as The brother in lawJulia Peña as EdvigeMiranda Campa as Nurse GuidottiAngela Cardile as The redheadAnna Carena as The mother in lawMonica Guerritore as MariaMaria Mizar as Nurse GarinMore like this
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