A Brief Vacation (1973)
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.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | it |
| Popularity | 2.034 |
Directed By
Vittorio De Sica
Crew
Vittorio De Sica
Cesare Zavattini
Marisa Letti
Rodolfo Sonego
Rafael J. Salvia
Marina Cicogna
Arthur Cohn
Manuel De Sica
Ennio Guarnieri
Franco Arcalli
Luigi Scaccianoce
A. D'Angelo
Nadia Vitali
Maria Teresa Corridoni
Alessandro Jacoponi
Giulio Mastrantonio
Serafín García Trueba
Michele Marsala
Fausto Pierannunzi
Claudio Vinale
Luisa Alessandri
Bruno Cesari
Adolfo Cofiño
Fausto Ancillai
Roberto Arcangeli
Alberto Moretti
Alvaro Orsini
Giulio Battiferri
Giuseppe Fornari
Serena Canevari
Edoardo Romani
TOP CAST
Florinda Bolkan
Clara Mataro
Renato Salvatori
Franco Mataro, the husband
Daniel Quenaud
Luigi, Clara's lover
José María Prada
Ciranni
Teresa Gimpera
Gina
Hugo Blanco
The brother in law
Julia Peña
Edvige
Miranda Campa
Nurse Guidotti
Angela Cardile
The redhead
Anna Carena
The mother in law
Monica Guerritore
Maria
Maria Mizar
Nurse Garin
Alessandro Romanazzi
The son
Adriana Asti
Scanziani
Christian De Sica
Mariani, Il Giovane In Treno (uncredited)
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