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The Year My Parents Went on Vacation
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Title: The Year My Parents Went on Vacation

Release Date: 26 Sep 2006

Runtime: 1h 44m

Genre: Drama

Director: Globo Filmes, Gullane Entretenimento, Miravista, Caos Produções Cinematográficas

Production Companies: Globo Filmes, Gullane Entretenimento, Miravista, Caos Produções Cinematográficas

Overview: A boy is left alone in a Jewish neighborhood in the year of 1970, where both world cup and dictatorship happen in Brazil.

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Average Vote: 7.2 (112 votes)

Cast

  • Shlomo: Germano Haiut
  • Mauro: Michel Joelsas
  • Mótel, Mauro's grandfather: Paulo Autran
  • Bia - Mauro's mother: Simone Spoladore
  • Daniel, Mauro's father: Eduardo Moreira
  • Ítalo: Caio Blat
  • Hanna: Daniela Piepszyk
  • Irene: Liliana Castro
  • Edgar: Rodrigo dos Santos
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