Unlike conventional films about holidays, La Vacanza treats freedom as an uncomfortable, exhilarating, and often chaotic force. Brass rejects the sanitized “holiday romance” trope. Instead, he shows:
Brass was heavily influenced by the global counterculture movement. 1971 was a year of protests, sexual liberation, and a rejection of bourgeois values. La Vacanza is his celluloid manifesto of that chaos. It is not a film for passive viewers; it demands engagement, patience, and an openness to what Brass called “the cinema of sensation.” Unlike conventional films about holidays, La Vacanza treats
(translated as "The Vacation"), directed by the renowned Italian filmmaker Tinto Brass 1971 was a year of protests, sexual liberation,
: Premiered at the Venice Film Festival on September 4, 1971; released in Italy on April 5, 1972. Pasinetti Award for Best Italian Film at the Venice Film Festival. : Approximately 101 minutes. Pasinetti Award for Best Italian Film at the