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The Year My Parents Went on Vacation
Directed by
Cao Hamburger
PG
2006
1h 43m
Drama
7.3
81%
82%
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A boy is left alone in a Jewish neighborhood in 1970, when the World Cup coincides with political crackdowns by the military dictatorship.
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Cast of The Year My Parents Went on Vacation
Michel Joelsas
Mauro
Germano Haiut
Shlomo
Paulo Autran
Mótel (Avô)
Simone Spoladore
Bia (Mãe)
Eduardo Moreira
Daniel (Pai)
Caio Blat
Ítalo
Daniela Piepszyk
Hanna
Gabriel Eric Bursztein
Bóris
Felipe Hanna Braun
Caco
Haim Fridman
Duda
Hugueta Sendacz
Dona Eidel
Malvina Klinow
Irmã Berezovsky
Mala Tencer
Irmã Berezovsky
Lili Angel
Irmã Berezovsky
Silvio Boraks
Rabino Samuel
David Kullock
Haza
Einat Falbel
Mãe de Hanna
Abrahão Farc
Anatol
Fábio Ferreira Dias
Robson
Rodrigo dos Santos
Edgar
Sérgio Siviero
Carlão
Edu Guimarães
Alfredo
Liliana Castro
Irene
Fredy Delatolas
Ianis
Christian Duurvoort
Delegado
Cao Hamburger
Director / Writer / Producer
Claudio Galperin
Writer
Bráulio Mantovani
Writer
Anna Muylaert
Writer
Adriana Falcão
Writer
Caio Gullane
Producer
Fabiano Gullane
Producer
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation Ratings & Reviews
CinePassion
Fernando F. Croce
A painless enough movie, which is precisely the problem
Film-Forward.com
Nora Lee Mandel
Heavy on nostalgic charm, but a lovely and insightful portrait of children buffeted by their parents' leftist activism in the 1970's and of São Paolo's Jewish neighborhood.
Movies for the Masses
Joseph Proimakis
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Sarah Boslaugh
You've heard this story before, but what makes The Year My Parents Went on Vacation worth seeing is the unfamiliar setting...the Jewish community of Sao Paolo.
Filmcritic.com
Norm Schrager
a skillful combination of humor, sadness, and tension
Seattle Times
John Hartl
This Brazilian coming-of-age drama, co-produced by City of God creator Fernando Meirelles, charms because it rarely spells things out.
Washington Post
John Anderson
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation seems to be about, in the end, is big-time sport as the opiate of the masses.
Chicago Reader
Andrea Gronvall
This nuanced coming-of-age drama by Cao Hamburger exudes warmth without getting mired in nostalgia.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
This 1970-set tale of a 12-year-old shaped by three driving forces--his country's brutal dictatorship, his left-wing parents' disappearance and a nation's obsession with the World Cup--pulls you into a well-observed world and its characters.
Boxoffice Magazine
Amy Nicholson
Director Cao Hamburger's decision to capture the era through Mauro's eyes makes the world outside of soccer vague and frustrating
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
Writer-director Cao Hamburger works well with child actors and has a spare, unforced style.
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
A sweet and somber film that works hard to overcome its limitations.
New York Post
V.A. Musetto
A pleasant mix of sentimentality and political intrigue.
Newsday
Jan Stuart
The film's final third contains a glimmer of a great movie wanting to break out.
Slant Magazine
Nick Schager
The director's understatement is married to a story that's frustratingly unexceptional.
Village Voice
Jean Oppenheimer
Directed by Cao Hamburger, this warmly engaging film benefits from its understated approach (it suggests rather than spells out the political turmoil), and its light, comedic tone never mitigates the drama of the central story.
Observer
Andrew Sarris
I found the film fascinating for showing me entertainingly a world I still know very little about.
Variety
Deborah Young
Sensitive, delicate and involving...
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