A Special Day (Una giornata particolare)

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Directed by

Ettore Scola

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Sophia Loren
Antonietta Taberi

Marcello Mastroianni
Gabriele

John Vernon
Emanuele Taberi

Françoise Berd
Concierge

Patrizia Basso
Romana Taberi

Tiziano De Persio
Arnaldo Taberi

Maurizio Di Paolantonio
Fabio Taberi

Antonio Garibaldi
Littorio Taberi

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Ruggero Maccari
(screenplay)

Ettore Scola
(screenplay)

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A Special Day

13 years, 2 months ago at Feb 27 20:23

JxSxPx

Anytime I see the names Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni together in a movie I always get high hopes. Who could forget their spicy and sexy comedies Marriage Italian Style or Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow? Or their sublime but difficult and depressing Sunflower? A Special Day is humane, sensitive and presents a similar political scheme with the novel Mrs. Dalloway: that one day, that one brie... read more

A classic

1 year, 9 months ago at Jul 27 8:47

johanlefourbe

To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since it seemed to have a really solid reputation, I was quite eager to check it out. First of all, I have noticed that, even though I have seen tons of movies dealing with Nazi Germany, I have actually seen very little movies dealing with Fascist Italy. Well, this movie did give a pretty good idea on how intoxicating the Fasc... read more

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Description: A Special Dayof the title is May 8, 1938 when there is a rally in Rome to celebrate Hitler's visit to Mussolini and his Italian allies. All of the dwellers in a high rise apartment complex attend the gathering except Antonietta (Sophia Loren), an exhausted mother of six children, Gabriele (Marcello Mastroianni), a homosexual outcast and the building's ill-tempered concierge (Francoise Berd). The woman who has been regarded as nothing more than a baby machine by her macho fascist husband and the gay radio announcer who lost his job and is at the point of suicide find together a sense of mutual affirmation at persons. Their verbal ... (more)

Release date: 1 October 1977
UPC: 029502675837

Tags: Italy (9), Drama (8), 1977 (6), 1970s (6), Fascism (5), Glbt (4), Italian (4), Infidelity (3), War (2), Romance (2), Gay (2), Rome (2), Self-esteem (1), Minimal Cast (1), Mussolini (1), Housewife (1), SnP (1), Mynah Bird (1), Italian Fascism (1)

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1001 Movies ... my own version (1970's) (100 movies items)

" Notes: I have noticed that, even though I have seen tons of movies dealing with Nazi Germany, I have actually seen very little movies dealing with Fascist Italy. Well, this movie did give a pretty good idea on how intoxicating the Fascist propaganda was on the masses. Sure, it might seem appalling almost 80 years later but, back then, as displayed in this movie, pretty much everyone swallowed it and actually even enjoyed it. Concerning the movie itself, it was one of the favorite movies Sophia"

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A classic

“To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since it seemed to have a really solid reputation, I was quite eager to check it out. First of all, I have noticed that, even though I have seen tons of movies dealing with Nazi Germany, I have actually seen very little movies dealing with Fascist Italy. Well, this movie did give a pretty good idea on how intoxicating the Fascist propaganda was on the masses. Sure, it might seem appalling almost 80 years later but, back then, as displayed in this movie, pretty much everyone swallowed it and actually even enjoyed it. Concerning the movie itself, it was one of the favorite movies Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni made and it makes sense since they both delivered some of their best performances here. Eventually, eve” read more