• Title:
• The Year My Parents Went on Vacation

• Director:
• Cao Hamburger

• Portuguese and Yiddish with English subtitles

• Brazil, 104 minute

• Venue:
• Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater

• Purchase Tickets:
• Show 1 is Sold Out.

Official Submission from Brazil for the 2008 Foreign Language Oscar^tm
 
Eleven year-old Mauro finds himself suddenly being raised by strangers after his Jewish father and Catholic mother are forced to go into hiding during a brutal crackdown in 1970 by the Brazilian military government. Hastily deposited on his paternal grandfather’s São Paulo doorstep, Mauro is thrust into a vibrant ethnic neighborhood filled with Yiddish-speakers, Italian immigrants and Greek merchants. While all of them act as Mauro’s unofficial guardian, circumstances place him primarily in the care of old Shlomo – a ferbisseneh punim and childless bachelor. Of more importance than all of this is the approaching soccer World Cup and Brazil’s team of destiny. Left with the promise by his father that he would return in time for the World Cup, Mauro at first does not realize the nature of his parents' absence. But the Brazil team, lead by Pele slowly advances through the tournament, until finally they are in the final match against Italy. Even as Mauro and his new friends revel in the excitement, he inevitably comes to the realization of a world beyond fun and games.

With special guest: director Cao Hamburger

• Purchase Tickets:
• Show 1 is Sold Out.

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