Year My Parents Went on Vacation, The

When his politically subversive, left-wing, Brazilian parents (Simone Spoladore and Eduardo Moreira) suddenly go into hiding in 1970 and leave their 12-year-old, soccer-loving son (Michel Joelsas) in San Paulo with his grandfather (Paulo Autran) who they do not realize has died in this languid-paced, engaging. coming-of-age film with far-reaching, unexplained political overtones, he is taken in by an initially cantankerous Jew (Germano Haiut), who introduces him to the Jewish faith and Yiddish culture, embraced by elderly neighbors, and befriended by an entrepreneurial girl (Daniela Piepszyk) and a beautiful waitress (Liliana Castro).
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