A Brief Vacation
A Brief Vacation
A Brief Vacation
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1973
1h 52m
5.8(20 votes)
Drama
Romance

Overview

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.

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25 members
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Florinda Bolkan

Clara Mataro

Florinda Bolkan
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Renato Salvatori

Franco Mataro, the husband

Renato Salvatori
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Daniel Quenaud

Luigi, Clara's lover

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José María Prada

Ciranni

José María Prada
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Teresa Gimpera

Gina

Teresa Gimpera
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Hugo Blanco

The brother in law

Hugo Blanco
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Julia Peña

Edvige

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Miranda Campa

Nurse Guidotti

Miranda Campa
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Angela Cardile

The redhead

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Anna Carena

The mother in law

Anna Carena
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Monica Guerritore

Maria

Monica Guerritore
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Maria Mizar

Nurse Garin

Maria Mizar
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Alessandro Romanazzi

The son

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Adriana Asti

Scanziani

Adriana Asti
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Enrico Baroni

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Edda Conti

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Lia Giovannella

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Franca Mazzoni

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Giampaolo Rossi

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Luigi Antonio Guerra

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Luigi Antonio Guerra
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Mario Garriba

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Gaetano Amoroso

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Christian De Sica

Mariani, Il Giovane In Treno (uncredited)

Christian De Sica
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Francesco Rocciola

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Vincenzo Rocciola

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