A Brief Vacation 1973  PG, 106 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Vittorio De Sica
Cast: Florinda Bolkan, Renato Salvatori, Daniel Quenaud, Jose Maria Prada, Adriana Asti, Teresa Gimpera, Anna Carena, Miranda Campa, Hugo Blanco, Angela Cardile
Clara (Florinda Bolkan) has her hands full trying to support her family–children, disabled husband, obnoxious brother-in-law, and senile mother–on the meager wages of a factory worker. Things take a turn for the better when she is diagnosed with tuberculosis and enters a sanatorium where her spirits and body are improved. Sadly, it's only a brief vacation before she must return to her former life.
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Sunflower 1970  G, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Vittorio De Sica
Cast: Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Lyudmila Savelyeva, Galina Andreyeva, Anna Carena, Germano Longo, Nadya Serednichenko, Glauco Onorato, Silvano Tranquilli, Marisa Traversi, Gunars Cilinskis, Carlo Ponti Jr., Pippo Starnazza
Just days before the beginning of World War II, Giovanna (Sophia Loren) and Antonio (Marcello Mastroianni) marry in Italy. When Italy enters the war, Antonio is sent to the Russian front where, after the pressures of war, he meets and marries a Russian, Mascia (Lyudmila Savelyev). Years pass, the war ends, and Giovanna tries to find Antonio by going to Russia and searching through records to find what became of him. She does find him with Mascia and then leaves to begin a new life back in Italy where she marries Ettore (Germano Longo), and they have a son. More time passes, and then Antonio appears in Italy to discuss reconciliation with Giovanna. But they both realize that they must live separate lives, and Antonio leaves for Russia with no plans to return.
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| 1. A Brief Vacation (1973)
2. Sunflower (1970)
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