The Year My Parents Went on Vacation

The Year My Parents Went on Vacation (2007)

  • 83% of critics liked it
    (53 reviews)

  • 81% of users liked it
    (3,148 ratings)

A 12-year-old Brazilian boy who longs to see his team win out over Italy in the 1970 World Cup match finds his entire world turned upside down as his left-wing parents are forced into hiding and he is sent to live with his grandfather in São Paulo's Bom Retiro district. Though his country is being… More

PG, 1 hr. 44 min.
Directed By
Cao Hamburger
Written By
Claudio Galperin, Braulio Mantovani, Anna Muylaert, Cao Hamburger
Genres
Drama, Art House & International, Comedy
In Theaters
Sep 26, 2006 Wide
On DVD
Feb 15, 2008
City Lights Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Director Cao Hamburger has a warm, delicate sensibility that informs the story's commonplace events. Neither the story's drama nor its comedy are overstated.

  • Rick Groen, Globe and Mail

    Be patient and brace yourself for the climax; the wait is definitely worthwhile.

  • Philip Marchand, Toronto Star

    Director Cao Hamburger, a Brazilian of Italian and German descent, treats this development with a very light hand.

  • John Anderson, Washington Post

    The Year My Parents Went on Vacation seems to be about, in the end, is big-time sport as the opiate of the masses.

  • Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader

    This nuanced coming-of-age drama by Cao Hamburger exudes warmth without getting mired in nostalgia.

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  • Walter M


    [font=Century Gothic]In "The Year My Parents Went on Vacation," it is 1970 and Mauro(Michel Joelsas) is driven by his parents(Simone Spoladore & Eduardo Moreira) to Sao Paulo to be dropped off with his grandfather Motel(Paulo Autran) before they can go on vacation. They… More

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