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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 .
Two neighbors, a persecuted journalist and a resigned housewife, meet during Hitler's visit to Italy in May 1938. The film explores themes of war, family, tolerance, women's condition, fanaticism, and homosexuality in a subtle and sophisticated way.
- (16K)
- Drama
- Ettore Scola
- 1977-10
Sep 29, 2016 · Italian cinema's most iconic screen couple, Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni - here cast against glamorous type - deliver the finest and most nuanced pe...
- 1 min
- 120.2K
- Cult Films
May 9, 2005. The movie offers a moving story of two tortured souls struggling against the quiet violence that preceded the holocaust. Aug 30, 2022. It is a moving film by Scola about gender ...
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- Sophia Loren
- Ettore Scola
- Drama
Italian cinema dream team Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni are cast against glamorous type and deliver two of the finest performances of their careers i...
A Special Day is a 1977 Italian drama set in Rome on the day of Hitler's visit in 1938. It follows the friendship between a housewife and a radio broadcaster in a working-class apartment building.
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A Special Day is a 1977 Italian film set in 1938 Rome, during the visit of Hitler and Mussolini. It tells the story of a housewife and a former radio announcer who meet and bond in their apartment building, despite the political repression and turmoil.