A Matter of Time
137
Drama
In the midst of a press conference, popular film star Nina flashes back to 1949 and her days as a chambermaid toiling in a dilapidated hotel in Rome, where she meets aging, ailing, eccentric Contessa Sanziani, once the toast of Europe, who is living out her remaining days in abject poverty. As she regales Nina with tales of her younger days, the girl imagines herself experiencing the glamorous adventures she describes.