BRIEF VACATION (DVD/1.66/1973/MONO/ENG-SUB) DVD

A Brief Vacation
Vittorio De Sica's A Brief Vacation (Una Breva Vacanza) stars Florinda Bolkan as a downtrodden working woman. Forced to support herself, her children, her physically incapacitated husband and her obtrusive brother and mother, Bolkan 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. A Brief Vacation was scripted by the prolific Cesar Zavattini, who like De Sica had once been a guiding force in the Italian neorealist movement. Though not De Sica's final film, A Brief Vacation was the last of the director's work to be released in America. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast n/a

Crew Vittorio De Sica - Director Franco Arcalli - Editor Kim Arcalli - Editor Christian de Sica - Composer (Music Score) Manuel De Sica - Composer (Music Score) Luigi Scaccianoce - Production Designer Ennio Guarnieri - Cinematographer Arthur Cohn - Producer Cesare Zavattini - Screenwriter

A Brief Vacation
(not reviewed)
 

Florinda Bolkan: Los Angeles Film Critics Association, Best Actress (winner)

National Board of Review, Best Foreign Film (nominated)

General Specifications: Language Options: Italian Subtitle Options: English Sound Processing: Additional Features: none specified DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1: Vistavision MPAA Rating: DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: Content Length: 112 min   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- 1. Morning Rituals [4:49] 2. Commute [4:11] 3. At Work [3:23] 4. Collapse [4:25] 5. National Health [3:22] 6. Nol 59 and No. 60 [3:30] 7. Examination [3:26] 8. Diagnosis [4:34] 9. Viva Sondalo [3:22] 10. Space to Heal [5:51] 11. A True Calabrian [2:47] 12. New Friends [5:05] 13. New Clothes [3:02] 14. Lights Out [2:32] 15. Day Trip [6:56] 16. La Scanziani [7:27] 17. He Loves Me [4:36] 18. Luigi's Lights [5:12] 19. A Surprise Visit [6:09] 20. Play the Lady [3:44] 21. Clara's Date [7:40] 22. Cured [5:51] 23. End Credits [3:41]