A Brief Vacation
Original title: Una breve vacanza
“For everyone who has had a private moment of love. Or wishes for one.”
1973 · 1 h 52 min
Vittorio De SicaCast
Florinda Bolkan 
Renato Salvatori Daniel Quenaud 
José María Prada 
Teresa Gimpera 
Hugo Blanco
Credits
Written by: 
Rodolfo Sonego
Plot
A factory worker gets a break from her hard life and family when illness sends her to a sanatorium in the mountains.
Sinekatalog’s take
Vittorio De Sica's Italian drama, Una breve vacanza, with Florinda Bolkan and Renato Salvatori, is a quiet, humane and moving late work.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.5 / 10 (1,073 votes)
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