A special day = Una giornata particolare / Janus Films ; Centro Sperimentale Di Cinematografia ; produced by Carlo Ponti ; written by Ettore Scola, Ruggero Maccari in colaboration with Maurizio Costanzo; directed by Ettore Scola.
Edition:
Blu-ray special edition ; Blu-ray special edition ; widescreen.
Publisher:
The Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
1 videodiscs (107 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Giornata particolare (Motion picture) Human voice. (Motion picture) Dick Cavett show (Television program). Selections.
Notes:
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 with Scola and Loren; two 1977 episodes of The Dick Cavett Show featuring Loren and actor Marcello Mastroianni; Trailer; New English subtitle translation. Plus: an essay on container insert "Small victories" by film critic Deborah Young. Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, John Vernon, Françoise Berd, Patrizia Basso, Tiziano De Persio, Maurizio Di Paolantonio, Antonio Garibaldi, Vittorio Guerrieri, Alessandra Mussolini, Nicole Magny.
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.
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