Cin cin

In an otherwise bland comedy about unfaithful spouses. Individually and together, Mastroianni and Andrews (an unlikely team) are magic. He plays a slightly clownish Italian and she, an uptight Britisher. They come together when their spouses run off together. The ending helps redeem this slight film, watchable only because of the great stars.

A nice film. It is slow, but I like the pace of this one and the memorable dialog between Andrews and Mastorianni.

The real gem of this film is the soundtrack provided by the master - Pino Donaggio. What a soundtrack! It fits so perfectly to this story and gives some much needed depth to the scenes.

The soundtrack was released under the alternate name for the film Tchin Tchin. It is available on the major streaming platforms and contains the instrumental tracks from the film and 2 songs performed by vocalist Scarlett. Great stand-alone listening.

A good film to put on and enjoy one lazy afternoon without having fret over any missed plot points. Put this one on and have a laugh.

A film deserving be loved. For actors and for storytelling, first. For mature love gentle sweet perspective. For dialogue and fine humor, not last.

Two people together in intention to conquer their partners of life who are lovers. A civilisation clash between an English woman and an italian man has high potentiol for a nice comedy. And, indeed, Cin cin is a beautiful comedy. But, more important, it is a real well and wise crafted one.

For themes and for interesting to seductive manner to use and explore them.

For a sort of bitter - sweet dialogue with audience, telling, in proper terms, a story not exactly unfamiliar.

Sure, a film with Julie Andrews and Marcelo Mastroianni has no chance to be a bad one.

But, in this case, it is just a beautiful one.

It is hard to believe that two screen legends could combine to create such a turkey. I don't recall this film being shown in the USA and if it was, it was understandably not widely promoted. As a long time admire of both Julie Andrews and Marcello Mastrianni, I looked forward to seeing this film after discovering it in a video catalog. I had never heard of it and expected much more. How a prim English lady like Julie Andrew's character could be in the least attracted to the drunken, aging, unkempt sot portrayed by Mastrianni strains all credulity. The fact that there are few reviews of this film on this site confirms that it justifiably did not have wide circulation. We who remember the chemistry of Marcello with Sophia Loren and the multi-talented Miss Andrews having shined in many roles are saddened that they would lend themselves to this shallow farce.

Warm, kind, but hysterical sense of humour. Life is full of disasters, and people are so vulnerable - but it'll not be that bad if you don't take yourself too seriously. You can even have a whole lot of FUN.

No crashing cars, no monsters, no killings, no cash-hunting - it's just so human! Must see.