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A Special Day

Movie · 1977 · 105 min

A quiet, intimate two-hander that unfolds over a single day, blending tenderness and quiet despair under the weight of fascism.

About
1977 film by Ettore Scola
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Year
1977
Runtime
105 min
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • isolation
  • gender
  • politics
  • freedom
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour3
Realism8
Romance4
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

Details

Genres
drama, LGBTQ-related
Directed by
Ettore Scola
Written by
Ettore Scola, Maurizio Costanzo, Ruggero Maccari, Claude Fournier
Starring
Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Alessandra Mussolini, John Vernon, Vittorio Guerrieri, Françoise Berd
Music
Armando Trovajoli
Cinematography
Pasqualino De Santis
Runtime
105 min
Country
Canada, Italy
Languages
Italian

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