![]() ![]() On a rare day off from work, Nina explores Rome and begins to sense the wonderful possibilities that may lie in store for her. While listening to the Contessa's stories, Nina imagines herself living out the Contessa's existence, triggering a series of fantasy sequences, all set in elaborate settings such as casinos and Venetian palazzos. Nina tells the Contessa she wishes she could be just like her, but the Contessa says that is a silly desire. The Contessa then cuts Nina's long, dark hair and puts makeup on her and transforms the maid into a beautiful woman. She insists that Nina undress and places the sari on her. One evening, the Contessa summons Nina to her room and shows her a scarlet sari an Indian ambassador had once given her. Nina is troubled by a birthmark on her forehead, but the Contessa assures her that someday important men will be eager to press their lips to it. ![]() Old quarrels are revived and Sanziani leaves the hotel, sadly telling the manager that he does not wish to be informed if anything should happen to his wife.Īfter having a discussion with Nina, the Contessa decides to take her under her wing and turn her into a lovely and sophisticated woman. The Contessa receives a visit from her husband, Count Sanziani ( Charles Boyer), from whom she has been estranged for 40 years. In the course of her duties, Nina meets an ailing, eccentric Senora Contessa Sanziani ( Ingrid Bergman), who was once the toast of Europe. Her cousin, Valentina ( Tina Aumont), has arranged for her to work as a chambermaid in a dilapidated hotel. While on her way to the conference, Nina looks at herself in an ornate mirror, which triggers a flashback to her arrival in Rome, when she was 19 years old. The film opens at a mid-1950s press conference, where scenes are shown for an upcoming film starring Nina ( Liza Minnelli), a popular screen celebrity. The film marked the first screen appearance for Isabella Rossellini, the last for Charles Boyer, and it proved to be Vincente Minnelli's final project. The fictional story is based loosely on the real life exploits of the infamous Italian eccentric, the Marchesa Casati, whom Druon knew during her declining years in London while he was stationed there during World War II. The screenplay, by John Gay, is based on the novel The Film of Memory ( La Volupté d'être) by Maurice Druon. ![]() A Matter of Time is a 1976 American-Italian musical fantasy film starring Liza Minnelli and Ingrid Bergman, directed by Vincente Minnelli. ![]()
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