Tea with Mussolini (1999)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1999-03-25
Runtime: 117 minutes
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Budget: $12,000,000 USD
Revenue: $21,001,563 USD
Top 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
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