THE YEAR MY PARENTS WENT ON VACATION

Sinopsis

Seorang bocah Brazil berumur 12 tahun, Mauro yang berkeinginan melihat tim sepakbolanya menang Piala Dunia 1970 menemukan dunianya menjadi berubah total ketika orang tua yang beracuan ke kiri dipaksa bersembunyi. Mauro sekarang harus hidup bersama kakeknya. Walaupun negaranya sedang dilanda kemelut, di pikiran Mauro hanya pertandingan Piala Dunia antara Brazil dan Italia. Kalau Jairzinho, Pele dan kawan-kawan dapat memenangkan gelar ketiga berturut-turut ini, Brazil akan menjadi satu2nya negara di dunia yang dapat mencapai hal ini.

Synopsis

Set in the turbulent year of 1970, this poignant and humorous coming of age story thrusts twelve year-old Mauro (Michel Joelsas) into a maelstrom of political and personal upheaval. When his left-wing militant parents are forced to go underground, Mauro is left in the care of his Jewish grandfather's neighbor in Sao Paulo. Suddenly finding himself an exile in his own country, he is forced to create an ersatz family from the religiously diverse and colorful population of his new neighborhood.

Mauro befriends tomboyish, street smart Hanna (Daniela Piepszyk) and develops a crush on Irene (Liliana Castro,) a pretty waitress in a local bar where everyone, including Mauro, an ardent soccer fan, gathers to watch iconic star Pelé in the 1970 World Cup championship which Mauro hopes to watch with his parents if they return to Brazil in time...