The Year My Parents Went on Vacation
Original title: O Ano em Que Meus Pais Saíram de Férias
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7.3/10
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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.A boy is left alone in a Jewish neighborhood in 1970, when the World Cup coincides with political crackdowns by the military dictatorship.A boy is left alone in a Jewish neighborhood in 1970, when the World Cup coincides with political crackdowns by the military dictatorship.
- Awards
- 32 wins & 38 nominations
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Did you know
- TriviaBrazil'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.
- GoofsWhen Mauro arrives in São Paulo, he looks out to the car window noticing the tall buildings - the known Banespa Tower (now Farol Santander) and the Marchetti building, located in the city's downtown. Not only it's a shot on reverse but completely unpractical to the place he and his parents were going - Bom Retiro is located below downtown - and the particular area they were going, shot from right to the left, is completely off traffic since it's an one-way street that only moves from left to right.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Por Dentro do Filme 'O Ano em que Meus Pais Saíram de Férias' (2006)
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Fernando Meirelles is the producer and Cao Hamburguer the director. Daniel Rezende (also from City of God) is the editor. But there is no violence, only sadness and sensibility in this movie. Tells the history of Mauro, a twelve years old boy that sudden has to stay by himself. Because of the dictatorship his parents lives him.It's happens in 1970, during the soccer world cup. The screenplay, written by Bráulio Mantovani (also from City of God) and other two writers and Cao Hamburguer, avoids sentimentality. With intelligent mix of the ordinary life and the heavy atmosphere, the movie offers moments of spontaneous geniality. Music and cinematography is also very good. I saw it during the São Paulo cinema Festival. It's open in Brasil in November. With the quality of the movie, for sure is going to open also in the USA.It's a movie to everybody.
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Box office
- Budget
- R$3,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $807,117
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $80,655
- Feb 17, 2008
- Gross worldwide
- $3,218,370
- Runtime1 hour 50 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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By what name was The Year My Parents Went on Vacation (2006) officially released in India in English?
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