1. A Special Day: Film Review - My Kind of Italy
Nov 29, 2021 · Set in 1938 the backdrop to 'A Special Day' is Hitler's visit to Rome on May 6th and the whole film takes place over just one day.
Set in 1938 the backdrop to ‘Una Giornata Particolare’ is Hitler’s visit to Rome on May 6th and the whole film takes place over just one day
2. A Special Day | Rotten Tomatoes
Synopsis In Rome, fascist supporter Emanuele (John Vernon) attends a parade commemorating Adolf Hitler's historic meeting with Italian leader Benito Mussolini, ...
In Rome, fascist supporter Emanuele (John Vernon) attends a parade commemorating Adolf Hitler's historic meeting with Italian leader Benito Mussolini, leaving his apolitical wife, Antonietta (Sophia Loren), to tend to household duties. Antonietta encounters a man, Gabriele (Marcello Mastroianni), who appears surprisingly nonplussed by the political event. Over the course of the day, the two forge a close friendship that will forever change their perceptions of life, love and politics.
3. Two Ordinary People; One Special Day - Senses of Cinema
Jan 23, 2017 · A Special Day reminds us that the human spirit can prevail even under the most totalitarian regimes. It is a timely reminder that all fascism ...
4. A Special Day (1977) - Turner Classic Movies - TCM
Two neighbors, a persecuted journalist and a resigned housewife, meet during Hitler's visit in Italy in May 1938.
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5. A Special Day (1977) | MUBI
Synopsis. On a special day in 1938, all of Rome is attending a parade celebrating Hitler's meeting with Mussolini. A working-class housewife, left alone to ...
On a special day in 1938, all of Rome is attending a parade celebrating Hitler’s meeting with Mussolini. A working-class housewife, left alone to tend to household duties, meets the only person not attending the parade, a liberal radio broadcaster, and the two forge an unexpectedly close friendship.
6. A Special Day (1977) directed by Ettore Scola • Reviews, film + cast
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.
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A Special Day. Directed by Ettore Scola Screenwriters: Maurizio Costanzo ... Released in 1977. Cast. Antonietta...........Sophia Loren Gabriele ...
Directed by Ettore Scola Screenwriters: Maurizio Costanzo, Ruggero Maccari Cinematography: Pasqualino De Santis Editing: Raimondo Crociani Music: Armando Trovajoli Released in 1977
8. Scola's A Special Day - Overland literary journal
Feb 2, 2016 · Chased in every room and in their few intimate moments by the sounds of the parade coverage blaring from the caretaker's radio below, Antonietta ...
One of precious few Italian films to deal with the pre-war Fascist period, and most especially with the acme of Mussolini’s popularity, Ettore Scola’s Una Giornata Particolare (A Special Day) takes place entirely within the confines of a tenement complex known as Palazzo Federici in Rome. Watching the film again during the week of Scola’s death in late January, and being familiar with the story, I find that my attention is drawn not to the characters but to the buildings themselves.
9. A Special Day (1977) with Loren & Mastroianni - 4 Star Films
Apr 10, 2020 · The year is 1938. And it has all the pomp, circumstance, military exhibitions, and blind nationalism one comes to expect with such historical depictions.
The film opens with newsreel footage delivered to us in an undoctored format effectively presenting us a view into the past. It is the momentous (some would say fateful) day Adolf Hitler made his t…
10. A Movie Review by Jonathan Lewis: A SPECIAL DAY (1977).
Jan 13, 2018 · A Special Day works wonderfully in capturing the mood of how oppressive fascist Italy was for nonconformists, but does it in a manner that ...
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11. A Special Day (Una giornata particolare) - Trailers From Hell
Nov 2, 2015 · Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni star in a serious drama about two outsiders in Mussolini's Rome of 1938, an ordinary housewife and a political ...
Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni star in a serious drama about two outsiders in Mussolini’s Rome of 1938, an ordinary housewife and a political undesirable. They have a lot in common, as it turns out. Writer-director Ettore Scola condemnation of an oppressive authoritarian state, addresses the most basic human rights violations. A Special Day Blu-ray The...
