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This light comedy, the first feature-length film directed by Giuseppe Orlandini, stars one of Italy's most popular screen personalities, Marcello Mastroianni as Giovanni, a young widower with a son, Libero (Franco di Trocchio) to take care of and a vexing problem on top of that. Giovanni is attracted to a charming teen, Allegra (Jacqueline Sassard) but is pulled in two directions because she is so young. Worse yet, she is equally attracted to him and so there are no obstacles to their romance except his own reticence -- and his son Libero.