Film Showing: The Year My Parents Went on Vacation

In this highly acclaimed 2008 Brazilian movie, the main character, Mauro, a 12-year-old boy, is taken to live with his grandfather while his parents flee the political persecution of the Brazilian dictatorial regime in 1970. Beautifully narrated through the eyes of a young boy, the movie deals delicately with the violence and familial consequences of the Brazilian dictatorship in the early 1970s. The screening of the movie will be followed by a discussion which will revolve around the themes of democracy and representations of the military dictatorship in Brazilian Cinema.