A Brief Vacation
(1973)
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A Brief Vacation
(1973)
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| Florinda Bolkan | ... |
Clara Mataro
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Renato Salvatori | ... |
Franco Mataro, the husband
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Daniel Quenaud | ... |
Luigi, Clara's lover
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José María Prada | ... |
Dr. Ciranni
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Teresa Gimpera | ... |
Gina
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Hugo Blanco | ... |
Brother-in-law
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Julia Peña | ... |
Edvige
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Miranda Campa | ... |
Nurse Guidotti
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Angela Cardile | ... |
La Rossa, the redhead
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Anna Carena | ... |
Mother-in-law
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Monica Guerritore | ... |
Maria
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Maria Mizar | ... |
Nurse Garin
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Alessandro Romanazzi | ... |
Son
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Adriana Asti | ... |
Scanziani
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A women lives a miserable life in the basement of her Milan apartment, with her boring inlaws and three children (boys). Her husband has been injured. Her bleak life takes an unexpected turn when she is diagnosed with tuberculosis and has to go to a sanatorium in the Italian Alps. At the medical clinic in Milan she meets young mechanic with the similar health problems. At the sanatorium she meets again the same man and they start a passionate love affair. All good things must come to an end. When she is cured, she has to return to that rathole from which she only briefly emerged. Written by marty gottlieb <anangke@erols.com>, prokurator@gmail.com
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.