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Italian director Ettore Scola dies aged 84 – reports

Italian director and screenwriter Ettore Scola has died in Rome at the age of 84 according to Italian news reports. Scola was the director and screenplay writer of ‘A Special Day,’ which starred Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni. The film won a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film in 1978 and was also nominated for two Academy Awards. Internationally, the film maker won the Best Director award at the Cannes film festival in 1976 for […]