Una giornata particolare
A special film about two special people.
Two neighbours — a persecuted journalist and a resigned housewife — forge a strong bond on the day of Adolf Hitler's historic 1938 visit to Rome.
A Special Day (1977) is a drama and romance film directed by Ettore Scola, released on August 11, 1977 with a runtime of 1h 46m. It stars Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, John Vernon and Françoise Berd. Viewers rate it 8.1 out of 10 across 787 ratings.
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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
Maurizio Di Paolantonio
as Fabio Taberi
Antonio Garibaldi
as Littorio Taberi
Vittorio Guerrieri
as Umberto Taberi
Alessandra Mussolini
as Maria Luisa Taberi
Nicole Magny
as Officer's Daughter
Galeazzo Ciano
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Directed by Ettore Scola, written by Ruggero Maccari, Ruggero Maccari and Ettore Scola, produced by Carlo Ponti.
Average viewer score of 8.1/10 from 787 ratings.
Previously I had seen many pairings of Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni--next to William Powell and Myrna Loy, this is my favourite cinematic coupling--but never any works by director Scola, so I wasn't really sure what to expect, especially with it being a period piece of Italy just before the Second World War. This was a masterpiece. I could talk all day about how excellent the two stars must have been, in…
Reviewed on May 9, 2016
The first fifteen minutes or so of this film consists of a mini-documentary setting the scene as Adolf Hitler makes the train journey from Germany to meet with King Vittorio Emanuele III and Benito Mussolini in Rome to seal this friendship pact in 1938. The extensive archive footage is overlaid with a propagandist style of commentary that would have entirely fitted the cinema screenings at the time extolling the…
Reviewed on April 29, 2024
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A Special Day (1977) is available to stream on Criterion Channel, and to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube and Fandango At Home. Streaming availability is checked against JustWatch data and can change by region.
The main cast of A Special Day (1977) includes Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, John Vernon, Françoise Berd and Patrizia Basso. The film was directed by Ettore Scola. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
A Special Day was released on August 11, 1977 and runs for 1h 46m.
A Special Day (1977) holds an average rating of 8.1 out of 10 from 787 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy drama and romance films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
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