
26 Sep 2006

The Year My Parents Went on Vacation
A boy is left alone in a Jewish neighborhood in the year of 1970, where both world cup and dictatorship happen in Brazil.
No retreat. No surrender.
During World War II, looking up the Mountain, in Italy, a Brazilian Expeditionary Force - FEB - mines weeping platoon is hit by a panic-attack that sets them running aimlessly right in the middle of 'no man's land'. Desperate cold and hungry, the ill-prepared soldiers have to choose between facing military court or delve deeper into enemy lines. After a tense discussion, they decide to save their faces with the Brazilian Army by tackling a daring military objective: to disarm the most feared minefield in Italy. On their way there, they end meeting two others deserters; a remorseful Italian soldier trying to join the Partigianos and German officer who is just simply tired of war. with unexpected help of their ex-enemy, the soldiers are set to accomplish a mission that so far had been deemed impossible.
Guimarães (Guima)
Piauí
Tenente Penha
Sargento Laurindo
Rui
SGT. Mayer
Giovanni
Comandante Partigiano
Partigiano 2
Soldado Carioca
Partigiano 1
Partigiano da radio
Coronel Lourenço
Soldado Getulio
Motorista da FEB
Partigiano 3
Partigiana
Médico Partigiano
Soldado Alemão 1
Soldado Alemão 2
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