Una giornata particolare = a special day / Janus Films ; Surf Film ; Centro sperimentale di cinematografia, Cineteca nazionale ; Carlo Ponti presenta un film di Ettore Scola ; soggetto e sceneggiatura, Ruggero Maccari, Ettore Scola ; collaborazione, Maurizio Costanzo ; prodotto da Carlo Ponti ; regia di Ettore Scola.

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On the day of a huge rally celebrating Hitler's visit to Rome, which underscored the infamous alliance between the Nazis and Mussolini's fascist regime, a brief encounter between a weary housewife and a radio announcer unfolds into an intimate drama.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Giornata particolare (Motion picture) Criterion collection ; 778.
Corporate Authors:	Janus Films (Film distributor) Surf Film (Firm) (Production company) Centro sperimentale di cinematografia (Italy). Cineteca nazionale (Production company) Criterion Collection (Firm) (Film distributor)
Other Authors:	Scola, Ettore, 1931-2016 (Film director, Screenwriter, interviewee (expression)) Ponti, Carlo, 1912-2007 (Film producer) Maccari, Ruggero, 1919-1989 (Screenwriter) Costanzo, Maurizio (Screenwriter) Loren, Sophia, 1934- (Actor, interviewee (expression)) Mastroianni, Marcello, 1924-1996 (Actor) Vernon, John, 1932-2005 (Actor) Berd, Françoise (Actor) Basso, Patrizia (Actress) (Actor) De Persio, Tiziano (Actor) Di Paolantonio, Maurizio (Actor) Garibaldi, Antonio (Actor) Guerrieri, Vittorio (Actor) Mussolini, Alessandra (Actor) Magny, Nicole (Actor) De Santis, Pasqualino (director of photography.) Trovajoli, Armando (composer (expression)) Ricceri, Luciano (Production designer) Sabbatini, Enrico, 1932-1998 (Costume designer) Crociani, Raimondo (Editor of moving image work) Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963 Ponti, Edoardo, 1973- (Film director) Young, Deborah (Writer of supplementary textual content)
Language:	Italian English
Language of the Original:	Italian
Language and/or Writing System:	In Italian with optional English subtitles.
Published:	[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2015]
Edition:	Two-DVD special edition.
Series:	Criterion collection ; 778.
Subjects:	Hitler, Adolf, > 1889-1945 > Drama. Mussolini, Benito, > 1883-1945 > Drama. Hitler, Adolf, > 1889-1945. Mussolini, Benito, > 1883-1945. Gay men > Drama. Housewives > Drama. Fascism > Italy > Drama. Man-woman relationships > Drama. Italy > Social conditions > 1918-1945 > Drama. Italy > Politics and government > 1922-1945 > Drama. Fascism. Gay men. Housewives. Man-woman relationships. Politics and government. Social conditions. Italy. 1918 - 1945 Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Feature films. Historical films. Fiction films. Drama.
Genre:	Drama. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Feature films. Historical films. Fiction films.
Physical Description:	2 videodiscs (107 minutes) : sound, color with a black and white sequence ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 leaflet (12 panels : color illustrations ; 19 cm).
Variant Title:	Special day.
Format:	Video DVD

Description
Summary:	On the day of a huge rally celebrating Hitler's visit to Rome, which underscored the infamous alliance between the Nazis and Mussolini's fascist regime, a brief encounter between a weary housewife and a radio announcer unfolds into an intimate drama.
Note:	Originally released as a motion picture in 1977. Accompanying folded leaflet comprises an essay, "Small victories", by critic Deborah Young. Special features: Disc 1: New, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised by director Ettore Scola; New English subtitle translation; Trailer. Disc 2: Ettore Scola (interview with the director, he discusses the arc of his career and why he wanted to create the character of Gabriele); Sophia Loren (interview with the actress, she recalls working with director Ettore Scola, her fears about playing Antonietta, and the challenges of shooting the love scene); The Dick Cavett Show (two 1977 episodes of The Dick Cavett Show featuring actors Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni); Voce umana = Human voice (25 min. short film from 2014, stars Sophia Loren and was inspired by Jean Cocteau's 1930 play La voix humaine, directed by Edoardo Ponti, the son of Loren and producer Carlo Ponti).
Call Number:	PN1995.9.F67 G53 2015 VideoDVD RV002060205 VideoDVD
Audience:	[Not rated]
ISBN:	1681430576 9781681430577
Credits:	Cinematography, Pasqualino de Santis ; editor, Raimondo Crociani ; music, Armando Trovaioli ; production and set design, Luciano Ricceri ; costume design, Enrico Sabbatini.
System Details:	DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital monaural.
Cast:	Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, John Vernon, Françoise Berd, Patrizia Basso, Tiziano De Persio, Maurizio Di Paolantonio, Antonio Garibaldi, Vittorio Guerrieri, Alessandra Mussolini, Nicole Magny.