#999 – A Special Day (Una giornata particolare), 1977, Ettore Scola
The film is set during the late 1930s: the occasion is the first meeting between Mussolini and Hitler. Left alone in her tenement home when her fascist husband runs off to attend the historic event, Antonietta strikes up a friendship with her homosexual neighbor Gabriele. As the day segues into night, Antonietta and Gabriele develop a very special relationship that will radically alter both of their outlooks on life.
Here on Cactuar Island, we used all the latest cactuar science to examine films (full length) most highly regarded by humans, taking into account aggregate sites, critical praise, prizes, and number of included cactuars (currently none). Here is what we discovered.
(Cactuar note – Our scientists will repeat this process every year to work out the kinks like recency bias, how the Hurt Locker at number 66, and why Avatar is even on this list. But really, you humans should only blame yourselves)
Jumbo Cactuar Film Index 