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The Year My Parents Went on Vacation is a brésilien film of genre Drama released in USA on 15 february 2008 with Caio Blat
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation (2006)
O ano em que meus pais saíram de férias
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 15 february 2008
Length 2h26
OriginBresil
Themes Seafaring films, Politique, Transport films, Political films, Films about Latin American military dictatorships
Rating72%
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation (Portuguese: O Ano em Que Meus Pais Saíram de Férias) is a 2006 Brazilian drama film directed by Cao Hamburger. The screenplay, which took four years to be completed, was written by Hamburger, Adriana Falcão, Claudio Galperin, Anna Muylaert and Bráulio Mantovani.
It was submitted by the Ministry of Culture for the 2007 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. This choice was unexpected, since it was thought that José Padilha's Elite Squad would be submitted.
Synopsis
The story takes place entirely during a few months in 1970, in the city of São Paulo. Mauro, a 12-year-old boy, is suddenly deprived of the company of his young parents, Bia and Daniel Stein, who are political activists on the run from the harsh military government, which was strongly repressing leftists all over the country. Against this backdrop of fear and political persecution, the country is at the same time bursting with enthusiasm for the coming World Cup, to be held in Mexico, the first one to be transmitted live via satellite.Actors
Caio Blat
(Ítalo)
Paulo Autran
(Mótel, Mauro's grandfather)
Simone Spoladore
(Bia, Mauro's mother)
Liliana Castro
(Irene)
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