A light hearted comedy
Rama Rao | Annandale, VA, USA | 01/11/2008
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Ms Pam Piquet (Julie Andrews) and Cesareo Grimaldi (Marcello Mastroianni) have one thing in common; their spouses, Doctor Piquet (Jean-Michel Cannone) and Marguerite (Catherine Jarret) have an affair with each other, and both Pamela and Cesareo are desperate to have their spouses back. This movie, also released under the name Cin Cin, is a hilarious light-hearted comedy involving two middle aged spouses caught of in a family and personal mess fall in love with each other. But it is not love at first sight; Cesareo is a middle-aged Italian, romantic at heart with strong addiction to alcohol. Pam is a good hearted British woman who doesn't drink or romance another man except her husband. The circumstances gradually change and force them to be with each other. There are several hilarious situations; when the couple moves from motel to motel looking for a room with a good view for their first tryst; or when Cesareo start calling for his wife in front of a residential building annoying the residents; or when he is caught making out with a nurse in a rehab clinic by Pamela. In the middle of all this is the son of Pamela who is trying get Cesareo marry his mother so that she moves out of the apartment building, and he can sell the entire building allowing him with a hefty commission in the real estate deal. The movie was shot on locations in Paris and you will enjoy this light hearted comedy.
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