I thought the best scene was Sophia Loren on a bicycle...
It was not Sophia Loren on the bicyle but French actress Irina Demick as the character Janine Boitard.
She got her role by being the director. Darryl F. Zanuck’s girl friend at the time: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0218464/?ref_=tt_cl_t14