A Special Day
Also known as Special Day, Una giornata particolare
1977 film by Ettore Scola
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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.
Released: 1977-08-11106 minDir: Ettore ScolaDrama, Romance
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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
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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.
Themes addressed in the film include gender roles, fascism, and the persecution of homosexuals under the Mussolini regime.
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1970s political drama films1977 Canadian films1977 drama films1977 films1977 Italian films1977 Italian-language films1977 LGBTQ-related filmsBest Foreign Film César Award winnersBest Foreign Language Film Golden Globe winnersCanadian LGBTQ-related filmsCanadian political drama filmsFilms about anti-fascism