La vacanza (1971)

Original title

La Vacanza

Directed by

Tinto Brass

Genre

drama film

Country

Italy

Runtime

2h

Rating

4.8 of 10 from 15 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman spends a seaside vacation that becomes a period of personal reflection. She navigates her relationships and inner conflicts against the backdrop of a fading summer.

melancholicslow-burnintrospectivebittersweetrestrainedatmosphericsomber

What happens

La vacanza (lit. Italian: The vacation) is a 1971 Italian drama film by Tinto Brass. It stars Vanessa Redgrave and Franco Nero. It premiered at the Venice Film Festival on 4 September 1971 where it was awarded the 'Best Italian Film' prize. This was followed by a theatrical release in Italy on 5 April 1972. A year earlier, Brass, Redgrave and Nero had worked together on the romantic drama, Dropout. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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