Alessandra Mussolini, Antonio Garibaldi, Françoise Berd, John Vernon, Marcello Mastroianni ...( see more  see more... ) , Maurizio Di Paolantonio , Nicole Magny , Patrizia Basso , Sophia Loren , Tiziano De Persio , Vittorio Guerrieri

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, S...( read more  read more... )ophia Loren strikes up a friendship with her homosexual neighbor Mastroianni. As the day segues into night, Loreon and Mastroianni develop a very special relationship that will radically alter both of their outlooks on life. Beyond the sensational aspect of virile Marcello Mastoianni playing a gay character, A Special Day garnered a great deal of American attention when the stars promoted the film on the very first installment of PBS's Dick Cavett Show (that's the one in which Mastroianni might have said the F-word).~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Unrated, 1 hr. 46 min.

Directed by: Ettore Scola

Release Date: May 17, 1977

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DVD Release Date: May 17, 2005

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  • July 11, 2009
    To be fair, I don't like Ettore Scola. I find him too politically correct and to be frank mushy. And this film is no exception: "look how awful the awful fascists are and how wonderful the gay-freedom-loving-culture-buffs are". No really you think so?
    Now Mastroianni and Loren ar...( read more)e not bad actors, but they're not good enough that seeing them non-stop on the screen doesn't reveal their short-comings and cheap tricks.
    The only truly pleasant moment is in the very beginning when Italian newsreal of the time are presented: sheer madness! Hilarious in a crazy way.
  • November 4, 2009
    Encantadora! ademas soy fan de la Loren y de Mastroiani!
  • October 29, 2009
    Bel omaggio a Antonioni in "Professione: reporter"
  • April 9, 2009
    very beautiful and special movie
  • January 11, 2009
    The biggest achievement of this film is the fact that a private story is told through the perspective of the social (hi)story, and the opposite, only to show that a private story is much more history than the social one.
  • November 26, 2008
    want to see this because it won best foreign-language film at the golden globes and was nominated for best foreign film by NBR and at the oscars
  • February 2, 2008
    Very intense film, with strong influences of neorealism and great performances by Loren and Mastroianni.
  • December 20, 2006
    Easy film to see, but about a complicated situation. Great performance of Marcello Mastroianni and Sophia Loren.
  • December 10, 2006
    Waste of TIME!! Very Weak movie, DO NOT WATCH, if you do end up watching it, side effects may include: Suicide, murder ramapages, road ramapage, any kinds of ways of harming yourself, and many others...

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