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Tea with Mussolini (1999)
Directed by Franco Zeffirelli
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.
Rated PG | Length 117 minutes
Actors
Joan Plowright | Maggie Smith | Cher | Judi Dench | Lily Tomlin | Baird Wallace | Charlie Lucas | Michael Williams | Paul Chequer | Massimo Ghini | Paolo Seganti | Tessa Pritchard | Claudio Spadaro | Roberto Farnesi | Chris Larkin | Giacomo Gonnella | Allan Caister Pearce | Hermann Weiskopf