A Special Day (Criterion Collection)

On May 8, 1938, Rome was abuzz as Benito Mussolini, amid great pomp, played host to Adolf Hitler. Two locals who didn't get caught up in the hubbub─an exhausted, dowdy, working-class housewife (Sophia Loren), and her neighbor (Marcello Mastroianni), a radio journalist facing deportation for his politics and homosexuality─wind up having a momentous encounter of their own. Ettore Scola's acclaimed parable co-stars John Vernon, Françoise Berd. 107 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: Italian Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English; interviews; 1977 "The Dick Cavett Show" episodes featuring Loren, Mastroianni; theatrical trailer. In Italian with English subtitles. Two-disc set.