A special day = Una giornata particolare

Author

Ettore Scola

Call Number

• DVD FOREIGN (CEN)

Edition

Two-DVD special edition.

Languages

In Italian, with English subtitles.

Performers

Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, John Vernon, Francoise Berd.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2015]

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (107 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (illustrations ; 17 cm)

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

Rome, 1938. On the historic day when Benito Mussolini and the city first rolled out the red carpet for Adolf Hitler, an unexpected friendship blossoms between a pair of people in a working-class apartment building who haven't joined the festivities: a conservative housewife and mother tending to her domestic duties and a liberal radio broadcaster awaiting deportation.

Notes

Title from container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1977.

Special features: New, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised by director Ettore Scola ; Human voice, a 2014 short film starring Sophia Loren and directed by Edoardo Ponti ; new interviews Scola and Loren ; two 1977 episodes of The Dick Cavett Show featuring Loren and actor Marcello Mastroiannin ; trailer; new English subtitle translation.