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Brazillian Indie ‘The Year My Parents Went on Vacation’ a Tender Window to the World

Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on March 23, 2008 - 11:38pm.

HollywoodChicago.com Oscarman rating: 4/5 CHICAGO – Film is often at its best when it offers a “window to the world” or surprising and personal stories about other countries and cultures dealing with issues that life in the U.S. never imagines. “The Year My Parents Went on Vacation” is a meticulous, fascinating and tender story of Brazil in 1970 when revolution was in the air and the World Cup was the hope of bringing a country back together.

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