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A Special Day
A Special Day
8.8
/10
1,957 Ratings

A SPECIAL DAY

Una giornata particolare

Directed by Ettore Scola
Italy, Canada, 1977
Drama, Romance, LGBTQ+

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 tend to household duties, meets the only person not attending the parade, a liberal radio broadcaster, and the two forge an unexpectedly close friendship.

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 tend to household duties, meets the only person not attending the parade, a liberal radio broadcaster, and the two forge an unexpectedly close friendship.

Our take

Set over the course of a single hot day in Rome, this Golden Globe winner is Ettore Scola’s romantic epic, shot in splendid muted colors. A passion struck between ideological and sexual opposites poignantly reveals the brainwashing propaganda of fascist Italy and an ultimately universal humanity.