Although Maglietta's appealing as Rosalba, cowriter and director Silvio Scoldini's movie is a little too shopworn and pokey to be more than a respectable European diversion.

It's almost as if Solidini ... figured that all he had to do was put a crowd of eccentric characters together and magic would occur.

As for star Licia Maglietta, the appeal of the film is nearly all in her presence.

Um filme charmoso e cativante.