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Delicate, bittersweet and charming, The Year My Parents Went On Vacation is set during one of the most intense periods in Brazil’s history. It is 1970, and the biggest worry in young 12-year-old Mauro’s mind has nothing to do with the proliferation of military dictatorships in South America or with the war in Vietnam. He longs to see Brazil become three-time winner at the World Cup. Caught in the awkward stage between childhood and adolescence, Mauro’s world is suddenly turned upside down when his left-wing militant parents are forced to go underground by the increasingly oppressive government. Mauro moves in with his ailing grandfather in the strange, unfamiliar community of Bom Retiro, a lively, colourful multicultural community. When his grandfather dies suddenly, the young boy is left alone. With no way to contact his parents, his grandfather’s gruff next-door-neighbour, Shlomo, a solitary Jewish man and superintendent of the local synagogue, takes Mauro under his care. Lonely and uncertain, Mauro waits for contact from his parents and slowly begins to explore his new world, finding moments of happiness and discovery. Mauro meets the irreverent young Hanna, with her enormous talent for making bets and business deals; young Irene, who sparks the imagination of all the kids from the block; the Rabbi, a fanatical soccer fan; Ítalo, the son of an Italian involved in student demonstrations; and Edgar, the mixed-race goalie of the local soccer team, among others. With his new friends, Mauro shares, his passion for soccer, his first sexual discoveries and his desire to regain the happiness suffocated by the dictatorship.
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