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.
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