CinemAperitivo: Scola & De Sica: Una Giornata Particolare [A Special Day] [OmeU], IT, CA, 1977, R: Ettore Scola mit Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, John Vernon, 103 Min, Im Anschluß Aperitivo und Gespräch
"A Special Day" is a gem of a film, unquestionably Scola’s masterpiece as well as a personal favourite.
It stands almost alone in accounting for one of the most shameful pages of Italian history, plus Loren and Mastroianni are magnificent, but this is not why it still demands to be seen.
It’s simply a film that continues to speak. (Giovanni Tiso)
It's the late 1930's Rome. It's a national holiday in Italy today for the first state visit of Adolf Hitler to the country. The occasion is being marked by a lavish parade with both Hitler and Benito Mussolini to celebrate their political friendship/alliance in the name of fascism.
Most of the Roman populace will attend the parade to celebrate with their leader.
Two that will not be are the following. Antonietta Taberi, who would have liked to have gone to the parade, has to stay at home to attend to her domestic chores in duty to her husband Emanuele and their six children, all who have gone to the parade without her. Gabriele is a former announcer on Italian Public Radio. Despite living in the same apartment complex (Gabriele only for the last two months) with their apartment windows facing each other across the courtyard, Antonietta and Gabriele meet for the first time today in Antonietta's need to access his apartment to retrieve her escaped myna bird.