Especially on Sunday

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Especially on Sunday
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DVD cover
Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore
Marco Tullio Giordana
Giuseppe Bertolucci
Francesco Barilli
Written by Tonino Guerra
Starring
Music by Ennio Morricone
Andrea Morricone
Production
companies
Basic Cinematografica
Titanus
Paradis Films
Rai Due
Intermédias
Distributed by Miramax (USA)
BAC Films (France)
Dusk Motion Pictures (Belgium)
Release dates
September 26, 1991
(Italy)
August 13, 1993
(United States)
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian
Box office540.000 [1]

La domenica specialmente (internationally released as Especially on Sunday) is a 1991 Italian comedy- drama film. It consists of four segments, all written by Tonino Guerra. Each segment has a different director: Giuseppe Tornatore, Marco Tullio Giordana, Giuseppe Bertolucci and Francesco Barilli. [2]

Contents

Cast

La neve sul fuoco

(directed by Marco Tullio Giordana)

Il cane blu

(directed by Giuseppe Tornatore)

La domenica specialmente

(directed by Giuseppe Bertolucci)

Le chiese di legno

(directed by Francesco Barilli)

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References

  1. JP. "La Domenica specialmente (Especially on Sunday) (1992)- JPBox-Office". Jbox-office.com. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  2. Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gremese Editore, 2002. ISBN   8884401372.