A Special Day
– The film is set during the late 1930s: the occasion is the first meeting between Mussolini and Hitle..
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, Loren and Mastroianni develop a very special relationship that will radically alter both of their outlooks on life.
01 Oct 1977
Italian
Ettore Scola
Ruggero Maccari (screenplay), Ettore Scola (screenplay), Maurizio Costanzo (collaboration)
Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, John Vernon, Françoise Berd
The film is set during the late 1930s: the occasion is the meeting between Mussolini and Hitler in Rome. 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 mysterious neighbor Mastroianni. As the day segues into night, Loren and Mastroianni develop a very special relationship that will radically alter both of their outlooks on life.
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 13 wins & 2 nominations.