A Special Day

“A Special Day is not a feel-good movie at all. It’s just a wonderful film. It’s by Ettore Scola, Sophia Loren, and my father. And it’s just two characters, one set... I think what’s interesting about... Because the idea of the male figure has always been something very macho, you know, virile. And suddenly you have this actor who comes in, my father, with a very delicate way of moving himself... He proposed a different version of a man.”

“No this is an extraordinary film Una giornata particolare. Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni at the height of their powers an extraordinary film I love the scene when they have they fight on the roof of the building with the sheets billowing and then he follows her downstairs.”

“A Special Day, which I think is, for a while I don't know, this I think I consider to be my favorite film. There's something about Mastroianni and Scola as actors that they're so noble and yet they're breaking rules and it's so rare to see nobleness and pain and yet going forward. I don't know, it makes you miss that kind of structure and acting.”

“So I asked a friend for a recommendation and she asked, 'What do you want to feel?' and I said, 'Sorrowful hope.' And she goes, 'A Special Day is a film you need to see.' And so I'm going to end on this. I'm so excited to see this film. I've heard great things from this person.”

“Dans le cinéma italien évidemment il y a Ettore Scola, Une journée particulière. C'est une merveille. Mastroianni, Sophia Loren. J'aurais aimé les avoir dans Un homme et une femme. Ils auraient pu remplacer Anouk Aimée et Jean-Louis Trintignant. Voilà, c'est un film magnifique. Ça parle de politique, ça parle d'amour, ça parle de tout et puis qu'est-ce qu'ils sont beaux à regarder.”