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Overview

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Director:
Writers:
Adriana Falcão (script collaborator)
Claudio Galperin (writer)
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Release Date:
2 November 2006 (Brazil) more
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Plot:
A boy is left alone in a Jewish neighborhood in the year of 1970, where both world cup and dictatorship happen in Brazil. full summary | add synopsis
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21 wins & 19 nominations more
User Comments:
Storytelling at its very best. more (20 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Michel Joelsas ... Mauro
Germano Haiut ... Shlomo
Paulo Autran ... Mótel, Mauro's grandfather
Simone Spoladore ... Bia - Mauro's mother
Eduardo Moreira ... Daniel, Mauro's father
Caio Blat ... Ítalo
Daniela Piepszyk ... Hanna
Liliana Castro ... Irene
Rodrigo dos Santos ... Edgar
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Felipe Hanna Braun ... Caco
Gabriel Eric Bursztein ... Bóris
Abrahão Farc ... Anatol
Haim Fridman ... Duda
Gérson ... Himself (archive footage)
Edu Guimarães ... Alfredo
Jairzinho ... Himself (archive footage)
David Kullock
Sérgio Mastropasqua ... Man #2
Pelé ... Himself (archive footage)
Rivelino ... Himself (archive footage)
João Saldanha ... Himself (archive footage)
Hugueta Sendacz ... Dona Eidel
Tostão ... Himself (archive footage)
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Also Known As:
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation (International: English title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG for thematic material, mild language, brief suggestive content, some violence and smoking.
Runtime:
Brazil:104 min (theatrical and DVD) | Brazil:110 min | Argentina:104 min | Germany:104 min (Berlin International Film Festival)
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Brazil's Official Submission to the Best Foreign Language Film Category of the 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008). more
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Na Cadência do Samba more

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29 out of 35 people found the following comment useful.
Storytelling at its very best., 24 November 2006
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Author: Tubular_Bell from Porto Alegre, Brazil

The premise appears simple, but that's only on surface. Suddenly, the country is divided between the euphoria of the 1970 World Cup (in which Brazil was champion for the third time) and the anguish of the dictatorship. That could be good material for biting social critique, but the movie takes a radically different path. It follows the life of a kid, whose parents are leaving for "vacations". He's left at his grandfather's apartment, only to find out that he died hours before his arrival. Finding himself in the unnatural environment of a Jewish community, having no news about his parents and having to live with a grumpy old man, he finds comfort in football and everything that deals with it.

Fans of the hyperactivity and non-linearity of City Of God will have to expect a completely different style here. While there are flashes of comedy and quirkiness, the movie is very focused and delicately paced. There isn't a lot that can be told here, really, and I won't go on spoiling the story. Check it out for yourself, if only to witness the clashing contrast between two opposite realities in a way no history book could deliver.

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