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A Matter of Time is a italien film of genre Drama directed by Vincente Minnelli released in USA on 7 october 1976 with Ingrid Bergman
A Matter of Time (1976)
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Add to a movie listA Matter of Time is a 1976 American-Italian musical fantasy film starring Liza Minnelli and Ingrid Bergman, directed by Vincente Minnelli. The screenplay by John Gay is based on the novel The Film of Memory by Maurice Druon. 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 film marked the first screen appearance for Isabella Rossellini, the last for Charles Boyer, and it proved to be Vincente Minnelli's final project.
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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. 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. Her cousin, Valentina (Tina Aumont), has arranged for her to work as a chambermaid in a dilapidated hotel.Actors
Ingrid Bergman
(Contessa Sanziani)
Liza Minnelli
(Nina)
Charles Boyer
(Count Sanziani)
Isabella Rossellini
(Sister Pia)
Tina Aumont
(Valentina)
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