Michel Joelsas, Germano Haiut, Paulo Autran
When 12-year-old Mauro is left to fend for himself when his parents go "on vacation" during the military regime in 1970s Brazil, a classic coming-of-age story unfolds. Director Cao Hamburger's beauti...( read more
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DVD Release Date: February 15, 2008
Stats: 308 reviews
8/10
The horrors of war and conflict need not be images of open wounds or piles of bodies. This portrait of Brazil in 1970 told through the eyes of a 12 year-old boy is a brilliant, touching, deliciously Red testament to the power of a good story.
In competition at last year's Berlin Film Festival and Brazil's entry for this year's Best Foreign-Language Film Oscar, The Year My Parents Went on Vacation is a sensitive and elegant dramedy about change and growth.
The opposite of the rough, cutting-edge Brazilian cinem...( read more)
son gets left behind while the parents continue to be radicals or serve justice either way the kid suffers
Passa longe da lista de favoritos. Espera muito³ desse filme e foi uma grande decepção.
This movie might be considered slow moving to some, but I really got into the story. The way it was filmed was really interesting and pretty. Its a touching story, and you really care about the little boy and I loved the relationships he makes with the people he meets.
Makes me want to know more about that time period. I wasn't real familiar with the revolution so I felt I missed a little.
Una muy buena película, una fotografía re tesa, las locasiones son de ensueño tan urbanas tan rreales, una historia que surge por las gracias de una dictadura, el mundo judío, el mundo infantil, el mundo nuevo de un niño que ama el fútbol y espera el regreso de sus padres
The director's understatement is married to a story that's frustratingly unexceptional. full review
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