The Year My Parents Went on Vacation(2006)
A boy is left alone in a Jewish neighborhood in the year of 1970, where both world cup and dictatorship happen in Brazil.
Movie: The Year My Parents Went on Vacation
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Shlomo
Mauro
Mótel, Mauro's grandfather
Bia - Mauro's mother
Daniel, Mauro's father
Ítalo
Irene
Edgar
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