The Year My Parents Went on Vacation
A boy is left alone in a Jewish neighborhood in 1970, when the World Cup coincides with political crackdowns by the military dictatorship.
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Released
- 2006
- Country
- Brazil
Details
Release year: 2006
Storyline
A boy is left alone in a Jewish neighborhood in 1970, when the World Cup coincides with political crackdowns by the military dictatorship.
Top credits
- Michel Joelsas — Mauro
- Germano Haiut — Shlomo
Daniela Piepszyk — Hanna
Paulo Autran — Avô-Mótel
Did you know
• Brazil's Official Submission to the Best Foreign Language Film Category of the 80th Annual Academy Awards. The film was one of the nine films that made it to the January's short list but failed to secure the nomination.
• Director Cao Hamburger spent half a year finding the two leads. There were about 1,000 auditions for the part of Mauro and 200 for Hanna.
• Daniela Piepszyk had no prior experience with soccer, and the story needed a girl who played it. She went to a sports club to get soccer training.
Box Office
Gross (Domestic): $807,117
Opening Weekend (Domestic): $80,655 (2008-02-17)
User reviews
More Than A Game
Good, but disappointing.
All the right ingredients, but ultimately disappointing.
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Dolby Digital
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
- Color
- Color
