This movie essentially begins with an attractive model by the name of "Marta Chiaretti" (Claudia Cardinale) interviewing for a position as a telephone operator. Although her voice is rather raspy, her good looks--and the fact that she insists that she doesn't want to get married--allows her to be hired almost immediately. To that extent, it's during the course of her work that she comes into contact with several male callers who are extremely lonely and as a result ask her out on a date. Naturally, because she is quite beautiful, all of the men eagerly hope to be invited to her apartment to become better acquainted. However, when they get there they soon meet Marta's roommate "Nanda" (Catherine Spaak) who has a totally different agenda in that she is quite desperate to be married--and she is more than willing to seduce each and every boyfriend Marta brings over. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that this was a somewhat lackluster comedy which also suffered from a rather disappointing ending as well. On the plus side, it does feature good performances by both of the ladies just mentioned with Claudia Cardinale pretty much dominating every scene with her beauty and charm. That being said, while this certainly wasn't a good comedy by any means, it was still sufficient for the time spent and I have rated it accordingly. Average.
Review of Diary of a Telephone Operator
