Synopsis
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.
Key facts
Cast
Hugo Blanco, Teresa Gimpera, Daniel Guénaud, Jose Maria Prada, Renato Salvatori
Original language
Italian
Production companies
AZOR FILMS, VERONA PRODUZIONE
Setting
Milan
Crew
Producer
Marina Cigogna, Arthur Cohn
Cinematography
Ennio Guarnieri
Editing
Kim Arcalli
Music
Manuel De Sica
Québec / French
Québec classification
General
Classification date
October 25, 1979
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Festival History
- Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 1975 generic
- National Board of Review 1975 generic
- New York Film Critics Circle Awards 1975 generic
- David di Donatello Awards 1973 generic
Titles
| Québec French title | Brèves vacances | |
| Translated title | A Brief Vacation | English, Québec |
| Alternate title | Amargo despertar | |
| Alternate title | The Holiday | |
| Alternate title | Krotkie wakacje | |
| Alternate title | Ein Kurzer Urlaub |
Soundtracks
| 7" vinyl | Una Breve Vacanza (Dal Film Omonimo) (1973) | 1 release, 1973: Ricordi |
Versions & editions
| Original version (Italian) |
Full credits
| Director | Vittorio De Sica |
| Cast | Hugo Blanco, Teresa Gimpera, Daniel Guénaud, Jose Maria Prada, Renato Salvatori |
| Producer | Marina Cigogna, Arthur Cohn |
| Cinematography | Ennio Guarnieri |
| Editing | Kim Arcalli |
| Music | Manuel De Sica |
| Production design | Luigi Scaccianoce |
Source: Cinémathèque québécoise, linked catalogue data (CC BY 4.0)
Source: Ministère de la Culture et des Communications du Québec (CC0-1.0)
