If you are a parent of a teenager, please do watch "Dillo con parole mie" (marketed as "Ginger and Cinnamon" to English speakers). We know that virginity pledge or not, most Americans will lose their virginity in their teens. We might as well help them do it responsibly and safely. But no, the movie is not just about a teenager's desperate attempts to do it just for the heck of it. There is a more complex plot involving her aunt Stefania.Stefania (played by Stefania Montorsi) has just broken up with her boyfriend Andrea (played by Giampaolo Morelli) when her teenager niece Megghy (Martina Merlino) shows up after lying to her classmates and family about where she was going. She suggests that they both take a trip to the "Isle of Love" in Greece. Among all the cute boys crawling on the planet looking for the same thing, Megghy ends up with Andrea, who also is taking a trip after the breakup to concentrate on his hobby of drawing.
Megghy gets some good lessons in relationships and romance and so does Stefania, who discovers that her real persona is hiding somewhere and must come out.
It ain't a very profound movie (we loved it for its pure entertainment value) but if you love foreign language films and want to learn more about what goes on at the beautiful Greek island of Ios in summer, you will like it. Plus there is some great music on the soundtrack too.