The Year My Parents Went on Vacation (2006) O Ano em Que Meus Pais Saíram de Férias (original title)

Director:

Cao Hamburger

Writers:

Adriana Falcão (script collaborator)
Cao Hamburger
(more)

Release Date:

2 November 2006 (Brazil)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A boy is left alone in a Jewish neighborhood in the year of 1970, where both world cup and dictatorship happen in Brazil.

Plot Keywords:

Boy | Jewish | 1970s | World Cup | Brazil

Awards:

22 wins & 26 nominations

Cast

Michel Joelsas	...	Mauro
Germano Haiut	...	Shlomo
Paulo Autran	...	Mótel, Mauro's grandfather
Simone Spoladore	...	Bia - Mauro's mother
Eduardo Moreira	...	Daniel, Mauro's father
Caio Blat	...	Ítalo
Daniela Piepszyk	...	Hanna
Liliana De Castro	...	Irene (as Liliana Castro)
Rodrigo dos Santos	...	Edgar
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Felipe Hanna Braun	...	Caco
Gabriel Eric Bursztein	...	Bóris
Abrahão Farc	...	Anatol
Haim Fridman	...	Duda
Edu Guimarães	...	Alfredo
Gérson	...	Himself (archive footage)
Jairzinho	...	Himself (archive footage)
David Kullock	...	Haza
Sérgio Mastropasqua	...	Man #2
Pelé	...	Himself (archive footage)
Rivelino	...	Himself (archive footage)
João Saldanha	...	Himself (archive footage)
Alex Sander	...	Aaron
Hugueta Sendacz	...	Dona Eidel
Tostão	...	Himself (archive footage)

Directed by
Cao Hamburger

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Adriana Falcão		script collaborator
Claudio Galperin
Cao Hamburger
Bráulio Mantovani
Anna Muylaert

Produced by
Daniel Filho	....	co-producer
Caio Gullane	....	executive producer
Caio Gullane	....	producer
Fabiano Gullane	....	executive producer
Fabiano Gullane	....	producer
Cao Hamburger	....	producer
Sônia Império Hamburger	....	executive producer (as Sônia Hamburger)
Débora Ivanov	....	associate producer
Fernando Meirelles	....	co-producer
Paulo Eduardo Ribeiro	....	associate producer
Carlos Eduardo Rodrigues	....	associate producer
Patrick Siaretta	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Beto Villares

Cinematography by
Adriano Goldman

Film Editing by
Daniel Rezende

Casting by
Patricia Faria

Production Design by
Cassio Amarante

Makeup Department
Anna Van Steen	....	makeup designer

Production Management
Alessandra Casolari	....	post-production supervisor
André Montenegro	....	production manager
Sandra Oksman	....	assistant production manager
Malu Tippi	....	assistant production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Kity Féo	....	first assistant director
Carol Lutz Setubal	....	third assistant director (as Carol Lutz Klachoun)

Art Department
Kapel Furman	....	props (as André Kapel)
Fábio Goldfarb	....	set designer
Bia Pessoa	....	art painter
Ana Lucia Valentim	....	painter

Sound Department
Fabio Abu-Jamra	....	assistant sound editor
Luis Bourscheidt	....	foley assistant
Roberto Cappannelli	....	sound re-recording mixer
Henri Siro Evrard	....	assistant sound editor
Roger Hands	....	foley artist
Carlos Klachquin	....	sound consultant: Dolby
Juliana Lago	....	assistant sound editor
Alessandro Laroca	....	supervising sound editor
Eduardo Virmond Lima	....	sound effects editor
Fernando Lobo	....	foley mixer
Antonio Mac-Dowell	....	foley editor
Débora Opolski	....	dialogue editor
Romeu Quinto	....	sound mixer
Armando Torres Jr.	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Sergio Farjalla Jr.	....	prop builder

Visual Effects by
Marcelo Ferreira PeeJay	....	digital effects artist
Fabian Gamarra	....	data manager
Rogério Marinho	....	visual effects
Robson Sartori	....	visual effects coordinator
João Theodoro	....	2k scan
Karina Vanes	....	post-production coordinator
Ricardo Imbelloni Vitor	....	film recording
Ariel Wollinger	....	digital intermediate supervisor
Ariel Wollinger	....	film recording supervisor
Mariana Zdravca	....	post-production coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Israel Basso	....	grip
Rodrigo Carvalho	....	camera operator
Claudino Guzula	....	key grip
Carol Minêm	....	video assist operator
Marcelo 'Marcelinho' Oliveira	....	gaffer

Animation Department
Rafael Terpins	....	animation director

Editorial Department
Alex Ferreira Barreiro	....	assistant editor
Alessandra Casolari	....	post-production coordinator
Fábio Fatorelli	....	assistant editor
Patrícia Nelly	....	post-production assistant

Music Department
Thacio Palanca	....	music production assistant
Fil Pinheiro	....	composer assistant
Fil Pinheiro	....	music editor
Fil Pinheiro	....	musician
Patrícia Portaro	....	music clearance

Other crew
Manuela Mandler	....	production assistant
Florence Narozny	....	press attache: Frfance
Jair Neto	....	production assistant
Christiane Riera	....	consultant
Leticia Tauffenbach	....	script supervisor

Production Companies

• Gullane Filmes
• Caos Produções Cinematográficas
• Miravista
• Globo Filmes (co-production)

Distributors

• Bir Film (2008) (Turkey) (all media) (limited)
• A-Film Distribution (2007) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Audio Visual Enterprises (2008) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2006) (Brazil) (theatrical)
• City Lights Pictures (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Films Distribution (2007) (France) (theatrical)
• Frenetic Films (2007-2008) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Haut et Court (2007) (France) (theatrical)
• Mongrel Media (2007) (Canada) (theatrical)
• A-Film Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Buena Vista International (2008) (Argentina) (all media)
• Buena Vista International (2007) (Brazil) (DVD) (subtitles in Spanish, Portuguese & English)
• City Lights Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Gativideo (2008) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Mongrel Media (2008) (Canada) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Kodak  film stock
• Yazbek e Portaro Advogados  clearance services
• Yazbek e Portaro Advogados  legal services

Also Known As:

"O Ano em Que Meus Pais Saíram de Férias" - Brazil (original title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for thematic material, mild language, brief suggestive content, some violence and smoking

Runtime:

Brazil:104 min (theatrical and DVD) | Brazil:110 min | Argentina:104 min | Germany:104 min (Berlin International Film Festival)

Country:

Brazil

Language:

Portuguese | Yiddish | Hebrew

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Brazil:10 | Netherlands:6 | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | France:Unrated | USA:PG | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Argentina:13 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Bom Retiro, São Paulo, Brazil

Company:

Gullane Filmes

Trivia:

Brazil's Official Submission to the Best Foreign Language Film Category of the 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008).

Movie Connections:

Referenced in To Each His Own Cinema (2007)

Soundtrack:

Chiribim Chiribom

World Cup and Dictatorship in a Milestone of Brazilian Contemporary History

In 1970, near the World Cup, Daniel Stern (Eduardo Moreira) and his wife Miriam (Simone Spoladore) leaves Belo Horizonte in a hurry and scared with their ten years old son Mauro (Michel Joelsas) in their Volkswagen. While traveling to São Paulo, the couple explains Mauro that they will travel on vacation and will leave Mauro with his grandfather Mótel (Paulo Autran). Daniel promises to return before the first game of the Brazilian National Soccer Team in the Cup. The boy is left in Bom Retiro, a Jewish and Italian neighborhood, and waits for Mótel in front of his apartment. When the next door neighbor Shlomo (Germano Haiut) arrives, he tells the boy that Mótel had just had a heart attack and died. Alone and without knowing where his parents are, the boy is lodged by Shlomo and the Jewish community. Through the young neighbor Hanna (Daniela Piepszyk), Mauro makes new friends, cheers for the Brazilian team and sees the movement of the police and militaries on the streets while waiting for his parents.

In 1970, 90 millions of Brazilians were cheering for the National Soccer Team in the World Cup while the dictatorship had the toughest and cruelest moment against the opposition. I found this touching and sensitive movie amazing, since the director Cao Hamburger was able to brilliantly work with amateurish children and achieve outstanding performances, exposing the political situation of that milestone of Brazilian contemporary history through the eyes of a middle-class boy of ten years old. For me, it is absolutely impressive because I had approximately the same age of Mauro in 1970 and I lived that moment going to school, playing soccer and buttons, going to the beach and to the movie theater and cheering for our National Soccer Team without knowing or understanding clearly what was happening. The story is very simple and dramatic, but never corny, and the very convincing performances of the cast is awesome and touching. Michel Joelsas and Daniela Piepszyk have key roles in the story and I dare to write that two stars are born. My vote is ten.

Title (Brazil): "Ano em Que Meus Pais Saíram de Férias, O" ("The Year When My Parents Went on Vacation")