Vacations in the Other World

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Vacaciones en el otro mundo
Directed by Mario Soffici
Written by Enrique Amorim
Ramón Gómez Macía
Release date
  • 1942 (1942)
CountryArgentina
LanguageSpanish

Vacations in the Other World or Vacaciones en el otro mundo is a 1942 Argentine film directed by Mario Soffici during the Golden Age of Argentine cinema. The film, a seriocomedy, explores the gap between the high-pressure world of business and the ambience of domestic living.

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