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A Special Day
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1977 film by Ettore Scola
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A Special Day, originally titled Una giornata particolare, is an Italian-language film directed by Ettore Scola, released in 1977 as a co-production of Canada and Italy. Its cast includes Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, John Vernon and Alessandra Mussolini, with a screenplay by Maurizio Costanzo, Ruggero Maccari, Ettore Scola and Claude Fournier. Carlo Ponti produced the film, with Pasqualino De Santis as director of photography, Raimondo Crociani as film editor, Luciano Ricceri as production designer and Enrico Sabbatini as costume designer. Set and filmed in Rome, it runs 105 minutes and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, receiving the César Award for Best Foreign Film and the Golden Globe Award for Best Non-English Language Film.
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Film · TMDB
8.1Two neighbours — a persecuted journalist and a resigned housewife — forge a strong bond on the day of Adolf Hitler's historic 1938 visit to Rome.
Cast
- Sophia Loren as Antonietta Taberi
- Marcello Mastroianni as Gabriele
- John Vernon as Emanuele Taberi
- Françoise Berd as Concierge
- Patrizia Basso as Romana Taberi
- Tiziano De Persio as Arnaldo Taberi
Themes
- rome, italy
- fascism
- housewife
- benito mussolini
- male homosexuality
- neighbor
- 1930s
- gay theme
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Ratings
IMDb
8.1/10
17,571 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
100%
- Year
- 1977
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- Nominated for 2 Oscars. 13 wins & 5 nominations total
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Key facts
- Italian
- Una giornata particolare
- Directed by
- Ettore Scola
- Written by
- Ruggero Maccari , Ettore Scola, Maurizio Costanzo
- Produced by
- Carlo Ponti
- Starring
- Sophia Loren , Marcello Mastroianni
- Cinematography
- Pasqualino De Santis
- Edited by
- Raimondo Crociani
- Music by
- Armando Trovajoli
- Production companies
- Compagnia Cinematografica Champion, Canafox Films
- Distributed by
- Gold Film (Italy)
- Release dates
- 17 May 1977 ( 1977-05-17 ) ( Cannes ) 12 August 1977 ( 1977-08-12 ) (Italy)
- Running time
- 106 minutes
- Countries
- Italy, Canada
- Language
- Italian
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- LGBTQ-related film
- Country of origin
- Italy
- Original language
- Italian
- Director
- Ettore Scola
- Screenwriter
- Claude Fournier
- Cast member
- Benito Mussolini
- Composer
- Q678840
- Cinematographer
- Pasqualino De Santis
- Narrative location
- Rome
- Filming location
- Rome
- Duration
- 105
- FilmAffinity ID
- 655985
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1977-09-25
- film editor
- Raimondo Crociani
- title
- Una giornata particolare
- production designer
- Luciano Ricceri
- costume designer
- Enrico Sabbatini
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 100%
- described by source
- 100 Italian films to be saved
Sources (13)
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Encyclopedic overview
A Special Day (Italian: Una giornata particolare) is a 1977 period drama film directed and co-written by Ettore Scola, produced by Carlo Ponti, and starring Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni. Set in Rome in 1938, its narrative follows a housewife (Loren) and her neighbor (Mastroianni) who stay home the day Adolf Hitler visits Benito Mussolini.
Themes addressed in the film include gender roles, fascism, and the persecution of homosexuals under the Mussolini regime.
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