UNA GIORNATA PARTICOLARE
Year: 1977
Directed by: Ettore Scola
Cast: Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni
Italian cinema dream couple Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni deliver two of the finest performances of their careers in this moving, quietly subversive drama from Ettore Scola. Set in Rome on the historic day in 1938 when Benito Mussolini and the city first rolled out the red carpet for Adolf Hitler, the film takes place entirely in a working-class apartment building, where an unexpected friendship blossoms between a pair of people who haven't joined the festivities: a conservative housewife and mother tending to her domestic duties and a liberal radio broadcaster awaiting deportation. Scola paints an exquisite portrait in muted tones, a story of two individuals helpless in the face of Fascism's rise.
The film premiered at the 1977 Cannes Film Festival and received several accolades and nominations, including David di Donatello Awards for Best Director (Scola) and Best Actress (Loren), a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film, two Oscar nominations for Best Foreign Film and Best Actor (Mastroianni), and Nastro d'Argento awards for Best Actress, Best Screenplay, and Best Score.
The film will be screened in Italian with English subtitles at the Traffic Zone Building, 250 Third Ave N., 6th floor, Minneapolis, MN 55401
Event Details:
CINEFORUM is curated and presented by Ileana Tamberlani, Programming and Administrative Manager of the Italian Film Festival of Minneapolis / St. Paul.
