The Year My Parents Went on Vacation

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The Year My Parents Went on Vacation

2008 (Cao Hamburger) PG, 108 min
Starring: Caio Blat, Daniela Piepszyk, Germano Haiut, Michel Joelsas
In Portuguese, Yiddish, and German with English subtitles

During a time of political upheaval in 1970 Brazil, the first live, televised World Cup is the people's cause for optimism and celebration. Twelve year-old Mauro's leftist parents, forced to escape from Brazil's military dictatorship, leave their son with his estranged grandfather on the same day he dies. Left to navigate his new ethnically diverse neighbourhood with its unfamiliar Yiddish language, and life without parents, Mauro makes due with his new friends and love of soccer in this sweet coming of age film. Variety calls it "sensitive, delicate, and involving... (Hamburger) has a magician's ability to keep the story light and believable, aided by a top-flight cast."

-Midori Miyamoto
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