A simple young woman helps eccentric old countess deal with her old age and she introduces the young woman to a world of upper class society.A simple young woman helps eccentric old countess deal with her old age and she introduces the young woman to a world of upper class society.A simple young woman helps eccentric old countess deal with her old age and she introduces the young woman to a world of upper class society.
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- (as Dominot)
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- TriviaThis is the only film in which both Ingrid Bergman (Countess Sanziani) and her daughter Isabella Rossellini (Sister Pia) appear together.
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Contessa Sanziani: You're only what you wish to be. But, you must take the risk. Never turn away from either joy or suffering. Take it all. Take everything you can from life! It never gives anything back.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Isabella Rossellini - Aus dem Leben eines Schmetterlings (2010)
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Dreams and charity
Vincente Minnelli in his farewell film as director got to direct daughter Liza. When
the film opened up with Liza doing a full production number, I thought we had another Cabaret for Liza. Sad to say that that number and another one Liza did
are the highlights of the film. When the players stop singing and dancing and get down to dialog, the film becomes rather pedestrian.
I don't think Ingrid Bergman ever got a handle on her character as the eccentric countess living on dreams and charity. Possibly Minnelli was concentrating too much on his daughter. Minnelli a country girl from rural Italy comes to Rome and gets a job as a chambermaid in a posh hotel courtesy of her cousin Tina Aumont. There Ingrid Bergman playing a slightly daft countess kind of takes her under her wing. Liza blossoms but Ingrid becomes more daft, Ingrid is just this side of Norma Desmond. Minnelli goes up and Ingrid goes down.
In addition to being the last film Vincente Minnelli directed this was also the farewell performance of Charles Boyer who co-starred with Bergman in Gaslight and Arch Of Triumph when they were big box office. Boyer plays a brief role as a former husband of Bergman, stopping by to see how she was doing.
See this one for Liza and her numbers.
I don't think Ingrid Bergman ever got a handle on her character as the eccentric countess living on dreams and charity. Possibly Minnelli was concentrating too much on his daughter. Minnelli a country girl from rural Italy comes to Rome and gets a job as a chambermaid in a posh hotel courtesy of her cousin Tina Aumont. There Ingrid Bergman playing a slightly daft countess kind of takes her under her wing. Liza blossoms but Ingrid becomes more daft, Ingrid is just this side of Norma Desmond. Minnelli goes up and Ingrid goes down.
In addition to being the last film Vincente Minnelli directed this was also the farewell performance of Charles Boyer who co-starred with Bergman in Gaslight and Arch Of Triumph when they were big box office. Boyer plays a brief role as a former husband of Bergman, stopping by to see how she was doing.
See this one for Liza and her numbers.
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- Mar 5, 2018
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