Tea with Mussolini (1999)
PG
07/04/1999 (GB)
Comedy, Drama, War
1h 57m
- 64% (148 votes)
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A story of civilized disobedience
Overview
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.
- Franco ZeffirelliDirector
- John MortimerScreenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$12,000,000
Revenue
$21,001,563
Keywords
- hotel
- ambassador
- loss of loved one
- italy
- widow
- world war ii
- female friendship
- benito mussolini
- florence, italy
- expatriate
- 1940s
- 1930s
Top Billed Cast
Maggie Smith
Lady Hester Random
Judi Dench
Arabella
Joan Plowright
Mary Wallace
Cher
Elsa Strauss-Almerson
Lily Tomlin
Georgina "Georgie" Rockwell
Baird Wallace
Luca
Charlie Lucas
Luca (Child)
Michael Williams
British Consul
Paul Chequer
Wilfred Random, aka Miss Lucy
Massimo Ghini
Paolo
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