For everyone who has had a private moment of love. Or wishes for one.
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.
The brother in law
The film's tagline is: "For everyone who has had a private moment of love. Or wishes for one."
The original title is "Una breve vacanza" (IT).
The runtime is 112 minutes (1h 52m).
It was a co-production between: Spain, Italy.
The film was directed by Vittorio De Sica.
The screenplay was written by Cesare Zavattini and Rafael J. Salvia.
Cinematography was handled by Ennio Guarnieri.
This title is listed on IMDb as tt0069823.
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Average
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Una breve vacanza
Released
PG
Italiano
Spain, Italy
