Product Details

• Actors: Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, John Vernon, Françoise Berd, Patrizia Basso
• Directors: Ettore Scola
• Format: Color, Original recording reissued, NTSC
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Jef Films Inc.
• DVD Release Date: May 17, 2005
• Run Time: 105 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00006ADGP
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #245,324 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "A Special Day" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

The day is May 8, 1938, the day when Hitler visited Rome to meet Italian premier Mussolini. Also on this day, as her entire family (including her fascist husband) goes to the streets to follow the great meeting and the parade, an Italian housewife (Loren) stays home looking after some domestic tasks. Her apartment building is empty but for a man (Mastroianni) who seems repulsed by fascism (a strange attitude in those days), living in the building across in the complex. As this chamber drama progresses, and loneliness of each is revealed, the audience learns that this man is a radio broadcaster who has lost his job and is about to be deported to Sardinia, due to his political attitudes and his homosexuality. Unaware of this, the housewife flirts with him, as they meet by chance in the empty building. During their conversation, the rather naïve and mainstream woman is surprised by his opinions and finally shocked when she realizes his sexual orientation. Nonetheless, despite their fights and arguments, a friendship develops and they eventually root violently before he is taken away by the police and her family comes back home.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

31 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A Special Day, December 11, 2007

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Z. Arevshatian (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Special Day (DVD)

DO NOT waste money on this item. This is a transfer made directly from a videotape. The quality is very poor. The image is soft and its colors bleed. Contrary to the item's description for the DVD as having subtitles, the DVD has an English voice over dubbed on top of the Italian soundtrack which makes it extremely annoying to listen to. The DVD is not subtitled.

33 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Is this legit?, September 12, 2007

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Jeffrey Rosen "film buff" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Special Day (DVD)

Horrible bootleg version of wonderful film. Why do these people continue to release sub par video. Avoid Televista or Jef Video or Newstar

27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Deception, October 21, 2007

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Erhan Kayaalp (Istanbul, Turkey) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Special Day (DVD)

The recording quality is so low that it seems as if it was transferred from an ordinary VHS and dubbed in English. Even the original soundtrack is not avaliable! It's an awful edition, which only leaves me feeling that I have I thrown away my money.