A Brief Vacation
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| Directed by | Vittorio de Sica |
| Produced by | Arthur Cohn |
| Written by | Cesare Zavattini |
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Florinda Bolkan Renato Salvatori Daniel Quenaud Hugo Blanco |
| Music by | Manuel De Sica |
| Cinematography | Ennio Guarnieri |
| Edited by | Franco Arcalli |
| Distributed by | Allied Artists (US) |
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106 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
A Brief Vacation (Italian: Una breve vacanza) is a 1973 Italian melodrama directed by Vittorio de Sica. The script, written by Cesare Zavattini, was inspired by an Apollinaire adage ("Sickness is the vacation of the poor").
The film concerns a female factory worker from Calabria who falls ill on the job and is prescribed a stay at a mountain retreat. She goes despite her husband's wishes, leaving behind her thankless work shift and her frustrating in-laws, but also her three children. The film addresses issues such as the health care system, labor conditions, spousal satisfaction, and class struggle.
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