A Brief Vacation

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Una Breve Vacanza
Directed by Vittorio de Sica
Produced by Arthur Cohn
Written by Cesare Zavattini
Starring Florinda Bolkan
Renato Salvatori
Daniel Quenaud
Hugo Blanco
Distributed by Allied Artists (US release)
Running time 106 min
Language Italian

A Brief Vacation (Una Breve vacanza) is a 1973 Italian melodrama directed by Vittorio de Sica. The script, written by Cesare Zavattini, was inspired by an Apollinaire adage ("Sickness is the vacation of the poor"). The film concerns a female factory worker from Calabria who falls ill on the job and is prescribed a stay at a mountain retreat. She goes despite her husband's wishes, leaving behind her thankless work shift and her frustrating in-laws, but also her three children. The film addresses issues such as the health care system, labor conditions, spousal satisfaction, and class struggle.

[edit] Selected cast

Florinda Bolkan … Clara
Renato Salvatori … Franco Mataro
Daniel Quenaud … Luigi
Adriana Asti … Scanziani
Hugo Blanco … Brother-in-law
Christian de Sica … Mariani

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