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A Special Day

1977 film by Ettore Scola
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Summary

A Special Day is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,433 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: César Award for Best Foreign Film[3], Golden Globe Award for Best Non-English Language Film[4]
  • Director: Ettore Scola[5]
  • Screenwriter: Maurizio Costanzo[6], Ruggero Maccari[7], Ettore Scola[8], Claude Fournier[9]
  • Composer: Armando Trovajoli[10]
  • Genre: drama film[11], LGBTQ-related film[12]
  • Cast member: Sophia Loren[13], Marcello Mastroianni[14], John Vernon[15], Alessandra Mussolini[16], Françoise Berd[17], Vittorio Guerrieri[18], Adolf Hitler[19], Benito Mussolini[20]
  • Producer: Carlo Ponti[21], Richard Hellman[22]
  • Director of photography: Pasqualino De Santis[23]
  • Original language of film or TV show: Italian[24]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[25]
  • Review score: 8/10[26], 100%[27]
  • Color: color[28]
  • Country of origin: Canada[29], Italy[30]
  • Publication date: August 12, 1977[31], September 25, 1977[32]
  • Distributed by: Massimo Vigliar[33], Netflix[34]
  • Narrative location: Rome[35]
  • Filming location: Rome[36]
  • Main subject: anti-fascism[37], Fascist Italy[38], fascism[39]
  • Film editor: Raimondo Crociani[40]
  • Described by source: 100 Italian films to be saved[41]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Actor[42], Academy Award for Best International Feature Film[43], International Submission to the Academy Awards[44]
  • Title: Una giornata particolare[45]
  • Duration: 105 minutes[46]
  • Set in period: World War II[47], 20th century[48], 1940s[49]
  • Costume designer: Enrico Sabbatini[50]

Why It Matters

A Special Day has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]

FAQs

What awards did A Special Day receive?

Honors received include César Award for Best Foreign Film[3] and Golden Globe Award for Best Non-English Language Film[4].

Related Entities

Adolf Hitler Alessandra Mussolini Benito Mussolini Canada Carlo Ponti Ettore Scola film Italy Marcello Mastroianni Netflix Sophia Loren

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . CineTV. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . CineTV. Retrieved . cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . CineTV. Retrieved . cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [15] ↑ . CineTV. Retrieved . cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [16] ↑ . cinematografo.it. Retrieved . cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [17] ↑ . CineTV. Retrieved . cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [18] ↑ . cinematografo.it. Retrieved . cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [19] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  16. [20] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  17. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [22] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  19. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [51] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [52] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 22h ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main subject → anti-fascism, Fascist Italy, fascism
    Wikipedia languages → ['bn', 'ca', 'cs', 'cy', 'de', 'el', 'eml', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr',
    Ampas collections film id → W080628
    Sitelink count → 32
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  2. 5w ago · Schemathings · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main subject → anti-fascism, Fascist Italy, fascism
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  3. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 76085
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  4. 7w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Set in period → World War II, 20th century, 1940s
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  5. 8w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Set in period → World War II, 20th century, 1940s
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  6. 9w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14724 → 8728626
    Filmová databáze film id → 21448
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  7. 14w ago · Rémi sim · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    César award film id → 28214
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ César award film id: 28214, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/296257944|Une journée particulière (#296257944)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8117|César fi"
  8. 15w ago · Rémi sim · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14551 → una-giornata-particolare
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14551: una-giornata-particolare, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/295961524|UNA GIORNATA PARTICOLARE (#295961524)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/ca"
  9. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Production designer → Luciano Ricceri
    Described by source → 100 Italian films to be saved
    Publication date → +1977-08-12T00:00:00Z, +1977-09-25T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Maurizio Costanzo, Ruggero Maccari, Ettore Scola +1
    + 30 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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