Tea with Mussolini (1999)
In 1930s fascist Italy, adolescent Luca just lost his mother. His father, a callous businessman, sends him to be taken care of by British expatriate Mary Wallace. Mary and her cultured friends - including artist Arabella, young widow Elsa, and archaeologist Georgie - keep a watchful eye over the boy. But the women's cultivated lives take a dramatic turn when Allied forces declare war on Mussolini.
- Released
- 1999-03-25
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, War
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- John Mortimer, Franco Zeffirelli
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 from 162 votes
Cast
- Maggie Smith as Lady Hester Random
- Judi Dench as Arabella
- Joan Plowright as Mary Wallace
- Cher as Elsa Strauss-Almerson
- Lily Tomlin as Georgina "Georgie" Rockwell
- Baird Wallace as Luca
- Charlie Lucas as Luca (Child)
- Michael Williams as British Consul
- Paul Chequer as Wilfred Random, aka Miss Lucy
- Massimo Ghini as Paolo
- Paolo Seganti as Vittorio Fanfanni
- Tessa Pritchard as Connie Raynor
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