

A Brief Vacation
For everyone who has had a private moment of love. Or wishes for one.
Genres
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
112 min
Release Date
1973-07-21
Status
Released
Original Language
Italian
Vote Count
18
Vote Average
5.9
Florinda Bolkan
Clara Mataro
Renato Salvatori
Franco Mataro, the husband
Daniel Quenaud
Luigi, Clara's lover
José María Prada
Ciranni
Teresa Gimpera
Gina
Hugo Blanco
The brother in law
Julia Peña
Edvige
Miranda Campa
Nurse Guidotti
Angela Cardile
The redhead
Anna Carena
The mother in law
Monica Guerritore
Maria
Maria Mizar
Nurse Garin
Alessandro Romanazzi
The son
Adriana Asti
Scanziani
Enrico Baroni
Edda Conti
Lia Giovannella
Franca Mazzoni
Giampaolo Rossi
Luigi Antonio Guerra
Mario Garriba
Gaetano Amoroso
Christian De Sica
Mariani, Il Giovane In Treno (uncredited)
Francesco Rocciola
Vincenzo Rocciola
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