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A Special Day Details

1977

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The film is set during the late 1930s: the occasion is the first meeting between Mussolini and Hitler. Left alone in her tenement home when her fascist husband runs off to attend the historic event, Sophia Loren strikes up a friendship with her homosexual neighbor Mastroianni. As the day segues into night, Loreon and .. Read more

Starring	Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, John Vernon, Francoise Berd
Director	Ettore Scola
Genres	Drama, Romance, World Cinema

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A Special Day

Starring	Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, John Vernon, Francoise Berd, Patrizia Basso, Tiziano De Persio, Maurizio Di Paolantonio, Antonio Garibaldi, Vittorio Guerrieri, Alessandra Mussolini, Nicole Magny
Director	Ettore Scola
Studio	JEF FILMS
Original title	Una Giornata Particolare
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 46 mins
Certificate
Genres	Drama, Romance, World Cinema
Language	DVD: Italian
Dubbed	English
Released	Production year: 1977 To Rent: DVD: 16 Jul 2007

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- If American audiences could buy the films of Lina WertmÃller wholesale, it's hardly surprising that A Special Day, a... read more on Time Out
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  awful dvd edition
  
  I was looking forward to this, it's supposed to be a pretty damn fine film but, alas, the dvd distribution company only copied an old vhs master (pan and ... read more »
  
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  Our money back!
  
  This poor VHS transfer to DVD is an insult to this beautiful film-who thought of doing this? Avoid by any means!
  
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  Worst quality ever!
  
  I could have done a much better job of transferring this from my own video recorder! Absolutely abysmal quality, I think it actually rates as one of the worst I... read more »
  
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  Una giornata particolare (A Special Day)
  
  This is a powerful performance by Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni. The movie is directed by Ettore Scola, a master who has delivered many masterpieces ... read more »
  
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  The film is set during the late 1930s: the occasion is the first meeting between Mussolini and Hitler. Left alone in her tenement home when her fascist husband runs off to attend the historic event, Sophia Loren strikes up a friendship with her homosexual neighbor Mastroianni. As the day segues ...