Movie-Ginger and Cinnamon

This 2003 Italian movie was a cute romantic comedy.

Ginger and Cinnamon is about a woman who is conned into taking her precocious 15 year old niece on a trip to Ios, the Greek island. There the niece is determined to lose her virginity.

Now part of the charm of the movie for us was the setting. One of the best vacations we ever had was in the the Greek Isles, and the setting on Ios reminded us so much of Mykanos that we were a bit taken away by that. But the movie itself is nice too. The aunt is a little tightly wound, and you hope the air from the Aegean Sea will mellow her out a bit. The niece is annoying and a brat, but she is supposed to be difficult and precocious. But the gentle comedy that ensues is nice. The actress playing the aunt is very good, and the whole result is light-hearted and amusing.