''Mr. Rossi's Vacation'' (

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: ''Le vacanze del signor Rossi'') is a 1978

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Italian

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directed by

Bruno Bozzetto Bruno Bozzetto (born 3 March 1938) is an Italian cartoon animator and film director, creator of many short pieces, mainly of a Politics, political or Satire, satirical nature. He created his first animated short "Tapum! the weapons' story" in 19 ...

. It is the third and last film featuring Mr. Rossi.

Plot

It's a story about Mr. Rossi and his dog who go on vacation and all the adventures they have, from being on a tyrannical farmer's farm and leading an animal revolt, to climbing the

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, to heading to the beach and being serenaded by strange fish.

Cast

Additional voices

* Carlo Bonomi

English voice actor

The film was dubbed into English in the 1980s.

Home media

In the

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, the

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dub version was released on VHS by

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in 1985.

References

External links

Official website
* 1978 films Italian animated feature films 1970s Italian-language films Films directed by Bruno Bozzetto 1978 animated films 1970s Italian films {{1970s-animation-film-stub